Editor’s Note: In this in-depth essay, former Weekly editor Antranig Kasbarian traces the development of ‘preservationism’ as a diasporan cultural strategy. As he evaluates its effectiveness and changing relevance, he concludes that today preservationism offers […]
Our protests against patriarchal disparities most commonly find voice within the feminine realm—unequal pay for women, societal expectations that undermine female potential, glass ceilings in the workplace, and so on. Daily conversations with my female […]
Hidden Armenians are the present generation descendants of Armenian orphans left behind in Turkey after the 1915 Armenian Genocide. These orphans, the living victims of the Genocide, were forcibly assimilated, Islamized, Turkified and Kurdified in […]
The de facto state of Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) was created by the 1994 ceasefire that ended a war initiated by Azerbaijan against the Karabakh Armenians who had lawfully declared their independence from the political and […]
Our country’s love affair with guns is morally depraved and literally killing our fellow citizens. Americans have the right to live in peace and feel unafraid in public. Students have a right to study in […]
By Varant Anmahouni ANCA Leo Sarkisian – Class of 2019 Georgetown University Law School – Class of 2022 I came to DC in search of a lesson on the organizational aspect of advocacy. Like any […]
By Daron Pogharian ANCA Leo Sarkisian Internship – 2019 Merrimack College – Class of 2020 When most people think of an internship, they think of something like “Come in, do your work, leave, have a […]
By Lucine Poturyan ANCA Maral Melkonian Avetisyan Fellowship 2019 Wesleyan University – Class of 2020 Only three days into my time in Washington, DC with the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA), and I experienced […]
The Kocharian trial case has become a very confusing distraction for the legal system and the political environment in Armenia with worrisome and unpredictable consequences. PM Pashinyan has accomplished a lot. The economy is improving, […]
Zoravik stands in solidarity with the refugees, immigrants and asylum seekers currently being targeted by the Trump administration. As a community of refugees and descendants of refugees, we condemn all forms of identity-based persecution and […]
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