Trading Places
In six hours, my fiancé and our little girl will wake to begin a journey to a new life, eventually landing themselves in America this July. But they are not simply leaving another country; they are […]
In six hours, my fiancé and our little girl will wake to begin a journey to a new life, eventually landing themselves in America this July. But they are not simply leaving another country; they are […]
As I write, Russian troops are marching towards the Mariupol region, where friends and loved ones of mine live. Both civilians and Ukrainian soldiers are preparing the city for war, digging trenches and blocking roads. […]
I am so grateful to Nomad Press for letting me explore brave topics in my new book Civic Unrest: Investigate the Struggle for Social Change. This book for teenagers seeks to move beyond simply […]
I just arrived home from my family and work in Ukraine to see the news on the chaos in Ferguson, Missouri. After experiencing both the protests in Kiev, and Russian suppression in the Occupied Territory […]
I left the Occupied Territory of Crimea to begin a journey of witnessing people getting hurt. It started with my taxi ride to the train station. My taxi driver, a Tatar man in his fifties, […]
Two days ago, all the mobile telephone numbers for the main communications company in Crimea stopped working. As if the entire network had been attacked, the only message was, “Network Unavailable.” Not even emergency calls […]
I just came home to the Occupied Territory of Crimea, after completing an arduous process of meeting all Russia’s requirements for me to enter. The Russian consulate in Kiev was very nice and we shared […]