Was digging on Comey, found out about Reinhold Niebuhr..

James Comey graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1982. His senior thesis analyzed the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr.. https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Comey

Aside from academics, numerous politicians and activists such as former US Presidents Barack Obama and Jimmy Carter, Hillary Clinton, Hubert Humphrey, James Comey, Madeleine Albright and John McCain have also cited Niebuhr's influence on their thought.. https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhold_Niebuhr

The Fellowship of Socialist Christians was organized in the early 1930s by Niebuhr and others with similar views… Niebuhr was among the group of 51 prominent Americans who formed the International Relief Association that is today known as the International Rescue Committee..

The IRC is currently working in over 40 countries and 28 US cities where it resettles refugees.. The organization is governed by an unpaid board of directors.. including Madeleine Albright, Kofi Annan, Tom Brokaw, Henry Kissinger, Colin Powell and Liv Ullman.. https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Rescue_Committee

The IRC is part of VOLAG (Voluntary Agency). This term refers to any of the nine US private agencies and one state agency that have cooperative agreements with the State Department to provide reception and placement services for refugees arriving in the US. These agencies use funding from the State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration. https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VOLAG

Back to Niebuhr : During the 1930s, Niebuhr was a prominent leader of the militant faction of the Socialist Party of America.

In 1941 he co-founded the Union for Democratic Action, which later became Americans for Democratic Action

ADA works for social and economic justice through lobbying, grassroots organizing, research, and supporting progressive candidates.. https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americans_for_Democratic_Action