How Armenian identity, art, language, and sacred heritage have been targeted—and how they are being protected and revived around the world.
In late January 2026, a social media video released by Dr. Mehmet Oz — the Administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) — sparked widespread concern and condemnation from Armenian-American communities in Southern California and from state leaders, including California Governor Gavin Newsom. In the footage, Dr. Oz appears to drive […]
Before the world learned to name evil with the word Holocaust, the term was already used to describe the annihilation of a Christian people — the Armenians of the Ottoman Empire. In the early 20th century, journalists, missionaries, and diplomats referred to what they witnessed as a Christian holocaust, a catastrophe of biblical scale that
Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Peter Balakian has released his latest work, New York Trilogy, published by the University of Chicago Press. The book-length poem unfolds across three interconnected sections, tracing a journey through decades of personal and collective transformation—from the turbulence of the late 1960s to the complexities of the twenty-first century. Through Balakian’s distinctive, elliptical
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For over a hundred years, Armenians scattered across the globe have carried an unshakable mission: to speak for those silenced by genocide and to demand justice when the world looks away. That same determination now fuels the fight to hold Azerbaijan’s leadership accountable for the destruction of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) and the forced displacement of its
In the chaos and horror of the Armenian Genocide, as families were forced from their homes and lives were shattered, many survivors managed to protect what little they could. Among the most treasured were ancient books and handwritten manuscripts — tucked into clothing, hidden in bundles, and smuggled across deserts. These texts weren’t just paper
In today’s classrooms across Canada and the United States, a troubling trend is quietly shaping how young people understand the past with the Armenian Genocide being left in the shadows. A recent article by scholars George Dalbo and Kipper Bromia in Asbarez (July 9, 2025) highlights an urgent issue: despite over a century passing since
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For over a century, Armenians have echoed the words Never Again—a solemn vow that the horrors of the Armenian Genocide would never be repeated. Yet, in 2023, history repeated itself in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), where Azerbaijan carried out ethnic cleansing against the indigenous Armenian population, forcing 120,000 people to flee their ancestral homeland. The international community,
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