EARNING YOUR TRUST, EVERY DAY. 07.31.21 VOLUME 36 NUMBER 14 HOPE AWARDS “THE HARDEST THING TO SEE IS THE LOST GENERATION, THE CHILDREN OF THIS WAR. THEY HAVE NO FUTURE.” —SYRIA’S CIVIL WAR CONTINUES, P. 38 P. CONTINUES, WAR CIVIL —SYRIA’S FUTURE.” NO HAVE THEY WAR. THIS OF CHILDREN THE GENERATION, LOST THE IS SEE TO THING HARDEST “THE FOR EFFECTIVE COMPASSION P.46 v36 14 COVER+TOC.indd 1 7/13/21 4:31 PM SamaritanMinistries.org/WORLD . 877.578.6787 v36 14 COVER+TOC.indd 2 7/13/21 2:22 PM FEATURES 07.31.21 VOLUME 36 NUMBER 14 38 A DECADE OF DESTRUCTION Syria’s ongoing civil war, now in its 10th year, is shaping a generation to imagine nothing but war by Mindy Belz 46 2021 HOPE AWARDS FOR EFFECTIVE COMPASSION PROFILES IN POVERTY-FIGHTING What WORLD looks for in effective compassion coverage by Sophia Lee OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES 07.31.21 WORLD v36 14 COVER+TOC.indd 1 7/13/21 4:04 PM DEPARTMENTS 07.31.21 VOLUME 36 NUMBER 14 5 MAILBAG 6 NOTES FROM THE CEO 21 Scarlett Johansson (left) and Florence Pugh in Black Widow Dispatches Culture Notebook 11 NEWS ANALYSIS 21 MOVIES & TV 69 BUSINESS Turmoil in Haiti: The BLACK WIDOW Black Widow, The Boss Ships in limbo: president’s assassination Baby: Family Business, Weighing the hidden plunges the nation IS A FAMILY The Tomorrow War, costs of the cruise into further chaos The Mysterious Benedict industry shutdown DRAMA IN Society, Summer of Soul 13 BY THE NUMBERS 71 LIFESTYLE WHICH BROKEN 26 BOOKS 14 HUMAN RACE WOMEN TRY A sorrowful history: 72 SPORTS Books on abortion 15 QUOTABLES TO COME TO 28 CHILDREN'S BOOKS Voices 16 QUICK TAKES TERMS WITH 30 Q&A 8 Joel Belz THE WORLD. 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MCPHERSON/ are not following the Lord, that those WHITEVILLE, N.C. children would come to Jesus Christ. As the director of a pregnancy resource ANTICIPATING center, I am pro-life. However, I dis- CYNTHIA WITTICH/MOUNT HOPE, KAN. agree with Marvin Olasky’s statement Those suffering a crisis of faith need A ROUGH that doctors can hear beating hearts to face it head-on with the knowledge at six weeks of gestation. An ultra- that God is who He says He is and that HORIZON sound can detect beating hearts at six He will lead the struggler through this weeks, but a fetal Doppler cannot hear time of doubt. In this time of spiritual I was surprised that them until around 12 weeks. warfare, the enemy wants to take Mindy Belz did not shaky believers out of the faith family. quote anyone who TRAVELING PAINS thinks the United JUNE 5, P. 23—EMILY TIBBETTS/WESTBROOK, MAINE INFLATION ANTICIPATION States is making the In his review of The Underground Rail- JUNE 5, P. 13—JOEL CHRISTMAN/JUSTIN, TEXAS right decision to leave road, Collin Garbarino said, we “would I recall economist Milton Friedman Afghanistan. That do well to skip this particular story saying the Fed has overreacted since because of its frequent racial slurs and the Great Depression and has followed aside, it was an graphic violence.” I disagree. Chris- a monetary policy of trying to grow excellent article. tians who are mature in the faith need the economy with low inflation. I Mindy’s ability to give to look at the hard stuff that makes us would add that such a policy puts all us an insider’s view uncomfortable. How else are we to of us on a treadmill, where we feel like know what to rebuke or correct in we need a pay raise each year to keep is wonderful. love? up with rising costs. JUNE 5, P. 38—TRISH KIMMINAU/ TUCSON, ARIZ. ROCK ’N’ ROLL THAT’LL PREACH NO WOUND TOO DEEP JUNE 5, P. 34—CHERYL IRISH/BASTROP, TEXAS JUNE 5, P.