Profiles

Knitting With “Bad Boys”
Lynn Zwerling fought to start a knitting group for male prisoners, that now opens up their world. (The Christian Science Monitor, 2012)

Grieving a Father They Never Met
After her husband’s death, 9/11 widow and mother of four Sue Mladenik coped by becoming a mom again … and again.  Read the 2011 profile of the family, or look back at their lives in 2002 and 2003.  (The Christian Science Monitor, 2011, 2003 & 2002)

Starting to feel like home
As 5th grader and former refugee Bill Clinton Hadam joins an elite Olympic soccer training team, his growing family starts to put down roots in America. (The Christian Science Monitor, 2010)

Lost in Migration
She survived genocide and rape, but can Neema John beat US immigration’s red tape to be reunited with her refugee family? (The Christian Science Monitor, 2009; 2010 American Society of Journalists and Authors award winner)

A 9-year-old’s Georgia Refuge
Meet Congolese refugee Bill Clinton Hadam, his family, and the Georgia apartment where his American story began. (The Christian Science Monitor, 2008; winner of International Award for Solidarity with Refugees, 2010)

On the German Front
Patching up Iraq war casualties at a military hospital in Germany has changed Army surgeon Stephen Flaherty. (The Boston Globe Magazine, 2007; 2008 German Marshall Fund award winner)

Prisoner of Conscience: Part 1 and Part 2
Army medic Agustín Aguayo served time rather than kill for his country. (The Christian Science Monitor, 2007; 2008 German Marshall Fund award winner)

Life on the Mississippi, Revisited
Series on Mississippi River towboaters: their history, the toll river life takes on family, and training the next generation. (The Christian Science Monitor, 2006)

 

The Nuns’ Priest’s Tale
A priest orphaned in the Rwandan genocide meets the Missouri nuns who are the closest thing he has to family. (The Christian Science Monitor, 2004)

Shakespeare Behind Bars
Performing Titus Andronicus, Kentucky inmates reach new insights about their crimes. (The Christian Science Monitor, 2001-2002; 2001 National Education Writers Association award winner)