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Articles by Karine Vann

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A Nation, Distracted

January 7, 2020 at 11:07 pm Karine Vann 8

Since leaving the Weekly, I have kept relatively quiet on issues related to Armenian and international affairs, to focus on reporting about plastic pollution and climate change, which I view as existential threats (and, more […]

Podcasts

PODCAST: Exploring the Gray Area in Armenian Politics

August 6, 2019 at 3:43 pm Karine Vann 10

Journalism can be a polarizing industry. Stories featuring clear villains and protagonists vie for our attention and our eyeballs. But reality isn’t always so black and white. Just about anywhere you look, there’s plenty of […]

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PODCAST: A Conversation with Journalist Stephen Kurkjian

June 5, 2019 at 5:19 pm Karine Vann 3

 Stephen Kurkjian is your quintessential Bostonian: a red-blooded and Red Sox-loving native of Dorchester, blessed with the gift of gab and a hearty appetite for a good story. Those last two things, he made […]

A Word from the Editor

Creating a New Standard for Community News

May 8, 2019 at 11:14 am Karine Vann 2

For me, probably the worst part of working in news is the industry’s magnetic pull to crisis. (There’s even a saying: “If it bleeds, it leads.”) Of course, there is good reason to fret, especially […]

A Word from the Editor

A Longstanding Wound, a Fledgling Democracy, and Everything in Between

April 25, 2019 at 12:02 pm Karine Vann 3

If there’s anything I’ve learned running a Diasporan newspaper, it’s that there seem to be—at any given point—a million reasons for Armenians in the Diaspora to disagree with one another. We are by no means […]

A Word from the Editor

Addressing the Elephant (and the Donkey) in the Room

April 2, 2019 at 1:11 pm Karine Vann 3

A few weeks ago, I received on my desk a handwritten letter from one of our longtime readers. Penned in gorgeous scrawl, it is perhaps the most aesthetically pleasing note I’ve received during my tenure […]

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Collectif Medz Bazar Strikes Chords and Conversation in Boston Debut

March 28, 2019 at 2:11 pm Karine Vann 26

SOMERVILLE, Mass.—Mondays at ONCE Ballroom, a grungy performance space in the heart of Somerville, do not typically enjoy a full house, but on March 18, nearly 300 folks lined up in the cold an hour […]

A Word from the Editor

Armenia is Not a Beneficiary of the Global Economy—It’s a Prisoner

February 21, 2019 at 6:42 pm Karine Vann 3

In this week’s issue, we published the English translation of a recent opinion piece, authored by former advisor to Armenia’s Prime Minister, Igor Zargaryan, who has recently formed a new political party, National Agenda. In […]

Obituaries

Louisa Kazandjian: ‘A Vision of Selflessness’

February 14, 2019 at 11:27 am Karine Vann 3

Louisa (Kalikian) Kazandjian was born in 1921 in Bucharest, Romania. She was the oldest child of Hagop and Haigui (Artinian) Kalikian. She died peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, at the Armenian Nursing & Rehabilitation Center […]

Literary Corner

Why Do Amish Businesses Thrive?

February 14, 2019 at 9:56 am Karine Vann 1

Erik Wesner Jossey Bass Imprint 2010 203 Pages Available for purchase on Amazon   It was American essayist and agriculturalist Wendell Berry who wrote, “the Amish question ‘What will this do to our community?’ tends […]

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