For 2020, a Virtual Vigil for Armenia’s 1.5 million Sanctified Martyrs
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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The Mysterious Trunk and the Armenian Genocide
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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Aurora’s Silent Prayers
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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MGM and The Forty Days of Musa Dagh
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”
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
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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Behind the Muddied Glass: A Doctor’s Look at Untreated Mental Illness
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
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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