During Guatemala's civil war, the government forced tens of thousands of farmers into so-called model villages under strict army control to isolate them from the guerrillas. Hundreds were left to die.

President Trump tweeted in September that Texas churches should be “entitled to reimbursement from FEMA” for aiding Hurricane Harvey victims.

It remains to be seen whether new efforts to address vulnerabilities faced by low-income, disabled and elderly people will result in meaningful changes.

While a comparison with the Cuban Crisis does little to reassure us, it can offer some lessons on how our government avoided disaster in an even worse situation. We have been closer to the brink and still found a way to walk back.

The Jesuits hold Honduran president “Juan Orlando Hernández and his allies responsible for the safety and physical and moral well-being” of Padre Melo and eight other regional leaders.

The Uluru Statement proposed a constitutionally embedded, national Indigenous body (“the voice”) that would advise parliament on matters relating to Indigenous peoples.