Rev. Baugh gives us an overview of the history of the four Christian denominations that merged in 1957 to form the United Church of Christ. This overview includes is the earliest of these four denominations, the Congregational Church, which was formed upon the arrival of the Pilgrims at Plymouth in 1620. Examples are given of these denominations being strong advocates for human rights, including the rights of marginalized people, and strongly supporting an individual person’s freedom of conscience.

Yemen’s civil war is essentially a proxy war between supporters of the previous Hadi government (with help from the neighboring Saudis) and the Houthi rebels (backed by Iran). The Saudis have used drones for indiscriminate bombing, killing many non-combatants, while the Iranians have trained and supplied the Houthi rebels. Death and starvation have been rampant. All this is explained by CSU/LB professor Sophia Pandya, who has travelled in much of Yemen and recently interviewed Yemini refugees fleeing into Greece.