The New York State Senate resolution recognizing April as Russian History Month has raised complex questions of identity, foreign influence, money and politics, and most importantly, it has raised questions about how we want to celebrate the contributions of Russian speakers in America? He who does not know his past is deprived of his future...

Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore is shutting down Russian studios as a major, Inside Higher Education reported. Students will now be able to choose Russian as a minor direction. Programs in Russian language, literature and culture were small before. They were led ...

There will be no more famous Russian programs in the Brooklyn Library. For two decades, these programs had tremendous resonance and attracted big names in Russian culture. Thanks to Russian programs that Alla Makeeva-Roylance have been supervising for many years, the residents of the Big Apple could communicate with ...

When misfortunes happen, the media are immediately filled with stories about the exploits of rescuers, police officers, paramedics and concerned citizens. The stories of their heroism, supported by the full power of the corporate media and Hollywood, give us the false belief that in times of disaster we can rely ...

A new sexual revolution is unfolding in America. However, it is incomparably less sex in her. If the first sexual revolution was for the right to have sex with whoever you want, then the current one was for defining your identity, for the right to be whoever you want. Today's culture ...