Social Issues
The Fear of Being Gay in Russia
Moscow’s first gay pride parade was held in May 2006, thirteen years after homosexuality was decriminalized in Russia. It was supposed to be a joyous occasion, the beginning of a new era of openness for the LGBT community.
Some Battered Women Find Shelter in Russia
This article published in USA Today focused on the plight of battered women in Russia.
Berliners Recall Red Army Atrocities
A piece on Soviet archives exposed in book tell of mass rape, which was published in Chicago Tribune.
Afghans try to pick leaders
Afghans try to pick leaders Published in Chicago Tribune on December 5, 2001 Former Afghan rivals, now the harbingers of peace and stability in their desperate country, worked into the early morning Wednesday to decide who will lead an interim government, a regime the international community hopes will begin the process of creating a […]
Humor Carries Serious Message on AIDS
Published in The New York Times on November 25, 1990 A GROUP of 150 middle school students gathered recently at the First Congregational Church in Madison for a performance of an unusual road show. The youngsters, from shoreline towns from Guilford to Essex, gave their rapt attention to a powerful performance that dealt with […]
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