Michael Herr

is part of the Emerging Leaders internship program at the Acton Institute. He is in his fourth year at Wheaton College, studying history and political science.

Posts by Michael Herr

July 13, 2018

How the UN Report on extreme poverty in America goes astray

During the 38th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), on June 18 – July 6, 2018, the UN Special Rapporteur, an Englishman by the name of Philip Alston, presented a report on poverty in the United States, the full text of which may be read here. Continue Reading...

July 03, 2018

A blueprint for a free Islamic society at Acton University

In post-9/11 America, the Islamic faith appears to many to be incompatible with freedom. What we know of the Muslim world consists largely of oppressive terrorist groups ruling their own fiefdoms with an iron grip, stifling the free market and political liberty. Continue Reading...