One year after Alan Kurdi photo, the moral test of a generation
Every week last summer news of refugees streaming into Europe dominated global headlines. Yet it wasn't until September 2, one year ago, that the world reacted in horror to the image of Alan Kurdi -- the 3-year-old Syrian toddler who drowned trying to escape a war that was older than he was -- dead on a beach in Turkey.
Like the photo of the naked girl burning from napalm during the Vietnam War or images of starving children in Ethiopia in 1984, would Alan's photo prompt action by world leaders to end the suffering that has caused millions of people to risk their lives in search of safety?… Seguir leyendo »