Holocaust survivor holds great-grandchild in powerful photo
Jessica Glatt should not, by all accounts, be here. For her to be born, both her grandfather and her grandmother had to survive the Holocaust — they miraculously did, by…
Survivors return to Auschwitz 75 years after liberation
Survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp gathered Monday for commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the camp, using the testimony of survivors to warn about the signs of rising…
75 Years After Auschwitz Liberation, Survivors Urge World To Remember
Alina Dabrowska was 20 years old when she first heard about Auschwitz. She was an inmate at a prison in Nazi-occupied Poland — incarcerated for helping Allied forces — and…
Scientists Are Discovering How Trauma Can Be Inherited
Traumatic experiences can be shared across generations. Is there a way to stop the legacy of pain? A boy and his baby brother hide in the forest for months, sleeping…
How Do We Remember Victims of Mass Murder? A Holocaust Survivor’s Daughter on How She Honors Her Family
BY HELEN EPSTEIN JANUARY 24, 2020IDEASEpstein is the editor of her late mother’s memoir Franci’s War: A Woman’s Story of Survival, to be published by Penguin in March 2020. She’s the author of Children…
The Injustice of This Moment Is Not an ‘Aberration’
From mass incarceration to mass deportation, our nation remains in deep denial. By Michelle Alexander Opinion Columnist Jan. 17, 2020 Protesters in Baltimore in the aftermath of Freddie Gray’s death in…
Controversial group divides black Americans in fight for economic equality
Reparations and the lingering racial wealth gap have been conversations largely within the black American community. Both issues have received wider attention of late, particularly among the current crop of…
Meet the teenage change-makers making waves at Davos 2020
19 Jan 2020 Greta Thunberg is part of a young generation fighting to change the world. For the first time ever, a group of teenage change-makers will take part in…
In Memoriam of Felipe Michelini – An unforgettable leader in the fight for justice, truth and human rights
On 19 April 2020, Dr. Felipe Michelini passed away in his hometown Montevideo, Uruguay, due to complications following a tragic domestic accident that occurred on 7 April. Felipe Michelini was…
Who Signs Up to Fight? Makeup of U.S. Recruits Shows Glaring Disparity
More and more, new recruits come from the same small number of counties and are the children of old recruits. By Dave Philipps and Tim Arango COLORADO SPRINGS — The sergeant in charge…