Between 1975 and 1997 some three million Vietnamese, Cambodians, and Laotians fled atrocities in their home countries, with over 210,000 resettling in Canada. While this history is partly known to some Canadians, little has been written about it, especially from the perspectives of the refugees themselves.Hearts of Freedom is a rich oral history based on interviews with 145 former refugees, sharing deeply moving accounts of oppression, concentration camps, genocide, and pe...

Between 1975 and 1997 some three million Vietnamese, Cambodians, and Laotians fled atrocities in their home countries, with over 210,000 resettling in Canada. While this history is partly known to some Canadians, little has been written about it, especially from the perspectives of the refugees themselves.Hearts of Freedom is a rich oral history based on interviews with 145 former refugees, sharing deeply moving accounts of oppression, concentration camps, genocide, and pe...

Aus Furcht vor Russland, als Reaktion auf den Irrsinn eines "America first" oder aus Angst vor Gewalt und Terror kommen die Gespenster des Kalten Krieges zurück. Der neue Rüstungswettlauf ist keine Drohung mehr, sondern bereits harte Realität. Deutschland kann in der Entspannungspolitik zwischen Ost und West im Rahmen der Europäischen Union eine führende Rolle einnehmen. Dafür muss Frieden wieder zu einem zentralen Thema unserer Gesellschaft werden. Genau dafür setzen sich die Herausgeber ...

Mümmeli ist ein richtiges Hasenkind und isst für sein Leben gerne Kohl. Auf dem Kohlfeld passiert ihm ein großes Unglück. Die Geschichte vom Hasen und vom Igel, die er in der Hasenschule gelernt hat, und der Hund Hasso helfen ihm aus der Klemme.

Many hoped or feared that Antonin Scalia’s appointment to the Supreme Court in 1986 would guarantee a conservative counter-revolution that would reverse the liberal jurisprudence of the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren and which was continued to some extent under the Burger Court though the influence of Justice William Brennan. In addition, President Reagan described Scalia’s nomination as part of a project to remake the role of the Court, promote an interpretive approach of o...

Experiencing hardship after hardship can leave you feeling stuck, lost, overwhelmed, and wondering if life will ever turn around. Why does negativity always seem to follow you? Why do the same challenges resurface, no matter how hard you try to move forward?Nicole Stobbs, transformational life coach for women and founder of Transcend Your Life, shares a powerful truth: while we can’t control everything life throws at us, we can control how we heal, grow, and transform from within. S...