Oh Say, Can You See?

“It’s easy to forget that every act of American generosity toward refugees has had to overcome stiff resistance based in ignorance.” Could America be doing more for the victims of the immense Syrian refugee crisis? The New Yorker’s George Packer argues that the answer is yes. But, “what’s missing is political will.”

+ Quartz: In October alone, 218,394 refugees and migrants arrived in Europe by sea.