Author: Alex Kuzma

There is a macabre scene in Kevin Costner’s epic film “Dances with Wolves” where Lt. John J. Dunbar and his crude muleskinner partner known only as Timmons come across the decomposing body of a white settler, his rib cage riddled with arrows.  Timmons breaks the silence with his dark humor: “I bet I know what...

LINCOLN, Neb. – Ukrainian musicians became a major feature at the Lincoln Crossroads Music Festival that each summer brings thousands of music lovers to the state capitol and the University of Nebraska. From July 22-31, the Lincoln Crossroads Music Festival hosted Ukrainian American bandurists and vocalists Julian Kytasty and Alina and Teryn Kuzma for a...

There is growing international consensus that the appalling war crimes committed by the Russian army in Ukraine have already risen to the level of genocide. Unlike previous genocides that were largely hidden from public view (for example, in Cambodia, Rwanda and Bosnia), Russia’s brutal campaign against Ukraine is unfolding in real time in full view...

HARTFORD, Conn. – On February 20, some 300 Ukrainian Americans and their supporters from across central Connecticut gathered at the State Capitol here to demonstrate their solidarity with the people of Ukraine and to denounce Russia’s expanding aggression against Ukraine. The rally drew extensive press coverage, with a front-page feature story and photos in the...

As much as we worry about the build-up of Russian troops on the Ukrainian border, there is another war that Vladimir Putin has been waging relentlessly against Ukraine. It is an information war in which Mr. Putin’s constant onslaught of lies and disinformation battle against the reality of Ukraine’s independence and its commitment to democratic...

SAN FRANCISCO – Acclaimed Ukrainian author and human rights champion Myroslav Marynovych on October 26 completed a six-week U.S. book tour with a presentation at the Tiburon Yacht Club near San Francisco. The event, hosted by Svitla Systems, Hromada on-line magazine and the San Francisco Friends of UCU Committee attracted a diverse audience eager to...