New rules for migration

As the Syrian refugee crisis (and the crisis surrounded refugees from so many other countries) deepens, Md. Shahidul Haque, Bangladesh’s foreign secretary, has some suggestions: Stop looking at migration as a temporary, manageable thing. Think about global governance. Stop thinking of migrants as “workers,” and start thinking of them as people. Make bold migration policies.

This may be hard to read, but here’s a chart on the Syrian refugee crisis

Maybe this one is easier to read.

Housing rental market is in a crisis

And that’s not just me saying it. That’s no less a body than the Urban Institute, which explores the housing affordability gap for extremely low-income renters. Finding housing is a crisis for some families, which means it’s a crisis for the rest of us, too. Just 28 of every 100 extremely poor families are able …

God and the eurozone

In regard to the eurozone financial crisis, Chris Bowlby at BBC News asks: Discussion among eurozone leaders about the future of their single currency has become an increasingly divisive affair. On the surface, religion has nothing to do with it – but could Protestant and Catholic leaders have deep-seated instincts that lead them to pull …