A Constitutional Scholar and Novelist, Teddy Roosevelt's Great Great Grandson offers a fresh vision of what made America Great and what did not.

From Nigeria, by way of Russia to Ukraine Daphne Chirodozie Duruoha shares her most improbable journey.

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In the shadow of Russian Artillery, Photographer, Artist and Defender of Freedom, Kira Kuznetsova shares her version of "Ukranian Soul."

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Kenneth B. Morris Jr. reflects on the life and incredible times of his Great, Great, Great Grandfather Frederick Douglass and his Great, Great Grandfather Booker T. Washington.

The work continues at the Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives.  www.fdfi.org 

Media Liaison, Interpreter, and fierce advocate for her nation's sovereignty, Andriana Zmysla offers insights from Lviv.

From her family farm outside of Kyiv to Hindu Monastery near Vienna, "Darya" reflects on life, love and the meaning of her moment.

Hugh Bohane offers his words-eye view of the mass "Exodus" from the Polish side of the Ukraine border.

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What would Gandhi do?  Nobel Peace Prize nominee and anti nuclear activist, Father John Dear reflects on the current catastrophe.

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On the ground in Kyiv, journalist and raconteur Hugh Bohane reports and reflects on Day One of Putin's War on the Ukraine

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