Section: US & Canada
Measles as Metaphor
Edmon De HaroIn two essays, “Illness as Metaphor” in 1978 and “AIDS and Its Metaphors” in 1988, the critic Susan Sontag observed that you can learn a lot about a society from the metaphors it uses to describe disease. She also suggested that disease itself can serve as a metaphor—a reflection of the society through which it travels. In other...
Ukrainian Soldier Killed In Clashes With Russia-Backed Separatists
Kyiv says one of its soldiers has been killed and three others wounded in a battle with Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
She Survived China’s Forced Labor Camp. Now She’s Urging Americans to Reject Socialism.
Jennifer Zeng grew up admiring the Communist Party of China and adhering to its stringent rules. But her life changed forever when she embraced religion and was swept up in a government crackdown on Falun Gong. Arrested four times as a young adult and held in as a prisoner in a labor camp, she quickly woke up to the horrors of living in a...
Ukraine Requests U.S. Weapons Ahead Of Possible Trump-Zelenskiy Meeting
Ukraine has formally requested to purchase U.S. military equipment for the first time as the nation continues to battle Russia-backed separatist formations in parts of two eastern provinces. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Prodigy and Ukrainian Immigrant Creates Unique DNA Robot
Sofia Lysenko’s parents moved to the United States from the Ukraine when she was 3 years old. Today, at 17, some of the biggest American pharmaceutical companies want to team up with this teenage science prodigy because she has created an artificial macromolecule robot that can deliver drugs directly to the brain cells of patients with...
Ukraine’s ‘Euro-Optimists’ Blazed A Trail And Got Burned. In The Elections, Can They Rise From The Ashes?
Clashing egos, infighting, and affiliations with establishment politicians may have spelled the demise of the liberal lawmakers once hailed as Ukraine’s political saviors. The July 21 elections may seal their fate. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
British Seek Clues to Iranian Sanction Busting From Crew of Seized Tanker
British police on Friday were questioning the crew of an Iranian supertanker that was seized at 4 a.m. Thursday in waters near Gibraltar, and which remains anchored close to the eastern shore of what locals refer to as “the Rock.”Gibraltar’s supreme court announced it was extending the authority to hold the ship for 14 more...
Former guard commander says Iran should seize British oil tanker
TEHRAN — A former leader of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard said Friday that the Islamic Republic should consider seizing a British oil tanker in response to authorities detaining an Iranian oil tanker off the coast of Gibraltar. The comments by Mohsen Rezaei came amid heightened tensions over Iran’s unraveling 2015 nuclear deal...
2020 Democrats see opportunity on foreign policy
NEW YORK — Some of the leading Democrats in the 2020 presidential contest are working to strengthen their foreign policy bona fides, eager to address their own inexperience on national security matters and draw a contrast with President Donald Trump’s unpredictable approach to trouble spots overseas. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is...
Vinyl Revival
Find out why records are staging a comeback! *Insert record scratching sound effect.* VOA Ukrainian; Reporter: Alina Golinata; Camera: Konstantin Golubchik; Adapted by: Zdenko Novacki. …read more Source: Voice of...
