In December 2019, the news media published the story of a 16 year-old boy who died last May in US immigration custody. Surveillance video showed Customs and Border Protection officials lying about the cause of […]
Turkey, the increasingly wayward NATO member, has been making more national and international headlines than usual. On Oct. 29, for instance, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed (405-11) Resolution 296. It recognized the Armenian, […]
Armenians don’t need to be “prepared” for Artsakh peace. The unbridled arrogance of those who say we do is stunning. As if we were children, unaware of our own best interests. And that those “preparing” […]
The international mediators involved in the Azerbaijan-Karabakh conflict settlement process ⎯ the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries ⎯ have repeatedly underscored that no agreement can be reached without the consent of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh […]
I would like to begin with a few tokens of gratitude for Armenia’s Minister of Education, Culture and Sport, Arayik Harutyunyan. Thank you for your boldness. Few would be so bold as to put forth […]
It has been more than 13 months now since I first set foot on Armenia, hopeful and eager to learn. When I did, I certainly did not expect I would be persuaded to make their […]
The seat of the Istanbul Armenian Patriarchate has been vacant ever since the Patriarch Mesrob Mutafyan fell ill with dementia and continued to live in a vegetative state in 2008. Archbishop Aram Atesyan, who got […]
I read with interest the article titled “Where do Descendants of Immigrants Stand on Modern Immigration?” written by Brent Currie and published in the Armenian Weekly on September 11, 2019. For years now I and, […]
The low participation of women in politics is a global issue. Irrespective of political structures and democracy indexes, almost every country faces this problem. The government and parliament should reflect the full picture of society. […]
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 […]
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