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Category: Opinion

Official Presidential portrait of Woodrow Wilson, 1913 Frank Graham Cootes / Public domain

A Historical Glimpse on the Centennial of Wilsonian Armenia

Posted on August 13, 2020August 13, 2020 by CaliforniaNewsPress

— OPINION — By Rachel Melikian A landmarked historical map carrying the Great Seal of the United States of America, affixed with the…

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Image by LoggaWiggler from Pixabay

The Four Unseen Pillars of Father’s Day

Posted on June 21, 2020June 16, 2020 by CaliforniaNewsPress

By Rachel Melikian Something can stand on three pillars, but a house needs four. In the home, the father represents all four pillars,…

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For 2020, a Virtual Vigil for Armenia’s 1.5 million Sanctified Martyrs

Posted on May 20, 2020May 20, 2020 by CaliforniaNewsPress

By Rachel Melikian The night before the Armenian Genocide commemoration on April 24 there is a candlelight vigil, but this year, 2020, the…

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"Grit and Grace in a World Gone Mad" by Wendy Elliott

The Mysterious Trunk and the Armenian Genocide

Posted on April 28, 2020April 28, 2020 by CaliforniaNewsPress

By Rachel Melikian A Canadian woman, Wendy Elliott, became a graphic designer because she liked building things, and solving puzzles and mysteries in…

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Poster for the 1919 film "Auction of Souls" starring Aurora Mardiganian. (Author Unknown)

Aurora’s Silent Prayers

Posted on January 7, 2020January 7, 2020 by CaliforniaNewsPress

By Rachel Melikian An orphaned unknown teenage girl, the greatest, bravest woman in history, miraculously arrived alone in the United States 101 years…

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A still from the 1980 film "Forty Days of Musa Dagh." YouTube

MGM and The Forty Days of Musa Dagh

Posted on December 17, 2019December 17, 2019 by CaliforniaNewsPress

By Rachel Melikian What do Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Franz Werfel, Clark Gable, Sarky Mouradian, and Sylvester Stallone have in common? They were fascinated by…

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Armenian orphans send a message of thanks to America outside the Near East Foundation’s orphanage in Alexandrapol (Source: Near East Foundation)

“Eat the Peas”

Posted on November 20, 2019November 20, 2019 by CaliforniaNewsPress

America, We Thank You By Rachel Melikian On Oct. 29 this year 405 Congress members struck a historic bipartisan vote for the house…

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Countless photographs of Notre Dame Cathedral will help in its reconstruction. "Notre Dame" by Jin-RoH92 is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Broken Worlds in a Photographic Gallery

Posted on September 18, 2019September 18, 2019 by CaliforniaNewsPress

By Rachel Melikian Photographs preserve history and teach us about the past without any language involved, but as the saying goes a picture…

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"Lego headache" by Matt From London is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Behind the Muddied Glass: A Doctor’s Look at Untreated Mental Illness

Posted on July 24, 2019July 24, 2019 by CaliforniaNewsPress

By Susan Partovi I met “Carrie” while making rounds at the Los Angeles County women’s jail with a group of mental health professionals….

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Sex Trafficking: From Naïve Innocence To Life On The Streets

Posted on June 20, 2018 by CaliforniaNewsPress

By Rosemary Jenkins Years ago when I was working with and for the homeless, I learned a lot about a neglected segment of our…

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