What the fires in Lebanon reveal about who gets our compassion

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For nearly 24 hours now, several Lebanese villages south of Beirut have been on fire.

Wildlife, trees, homes, cars, people — burning.

But where are the headlines? The massive donations? The hashtags?

When people realized the Amazon was on fire, you couldn’t watch American television or scroll Facebook for…

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