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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Suzanne “Suzy” Schell Pearce, 77, a longtime peace activist, died on April 14. The cause of death was cancer. A resident of Cambridge, she worked in many[...]

NEW YORK — The Ellis Island Medal of Honor has been awarded each year since 1986.  It recognizes individuals who have made it their mission to share with those less[...]

By Jonathan Greenblatt CEO of the Anti-Defamation League As the still fairly new CEO of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), I’ve been on the job less than one year. I’m frequently asked[...]

By Alin K. Gregorian Mirror-Spectator Staff BOSTON — The national director and CEO of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Jonathan Greenblatt, made Friday, May 13, a lucky day for mending relations with[...]

ANKARA (Armenpress) — Garo Paylan, an Armenian member of the Turkish parliament representing the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), said in an interview on the Turkish Bianet website on May[...]

By Aram Arkun Armenian Mirror-Spectator Staff PEABODY, Mass. — On the morning of April 25, Armenians of Peabody, Mass. and their friends assembled to commemorate the Armenian Genocide with the[...]

YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — Armenian authorities said on April 26 that they have identified the main suspect in a bus explosion in Yerevan that killed two people. Armenia’s Investigative Committee said a[...]

By Alin K. Gregorian Mirror-Spectator Staff     BOSTON — On Sunday, April 24, hundreds of members of the local Armenian community gathered at the Armenian Heritage Park to pay tribute[...]

  YEREVAN — Actor and human rights activist George Clooney arrived in Armenia to participate in the giving out of the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity, and while there, he[...]

ISTANBUL — On April 24, Garo Paylan, a parliamentarian of Armenian origin, had the courage to remind his fellow MPs of the dozen Armenian members of the Ottoman parliament whose tragic[...]

NEW YORK — Prof. Peter Balakian’s latest collection of poems, Ozone Journal, won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry, it was announced on Monday, April 19. The 64-year-old’s award-winning compilation contains “poems[...]