To become the accomplished playwright, author and entertainment executive she is today, Tara Schuster had to shed the destructive persona she honed in college.
At the time when she walked on Brown University's campus, Schuster knew it was where she was meant to spend her college years. It gave her a way out of a tough family situation, an opportunity to join a "club of thinkers," and space to form her worldview. Read More...
I became interested in politics for the first time in my life after the 2008 United States presidential election.
I had spent 35 years working as a negotiation expert, and had never properly considered the use of race in political discourse, until people found out I wasn't voting for Barack Obama.
My decision had nothing to do with the color of his skin—I felt he was unknown and hadn't achieved much as a politician—nevertheless I was immediately labeled by those around me as racist. Read More...
Russia’s Kurchatov town the target of Ukrainian drone attack as air defences stop drone’s advance on Moscow, officials say.
A Ukrainian drone attack on the Russian town of Kurchatov in the Kursk region damaged an administrative and residential building, while a second drone was shot down near Moscow, local officials said.
Kursk regional Governor Roman Starovoit said emergency services were assessing the damage in Kurchatov town following the early morning attack on Friday. Read More...
