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This article appeared in the August 13, 2025 edition of the Monitor Daily.

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Trust as an antidote to fear in Ukraine and California

Ira Porter
Education Writer

In regions of Ukraine now under Russian occupation, local children have been subjected to intense efforts to convince them that their real national and cultural identity is not Ukrainian but Russian. The result, for some, is a feeling that nowhere is home. Something similar may be happening in the United States. As school districts begin opening their doors to a new academic year, educators worry that many desks may sit empty. That鈥檚 because immigration raids near schools have put parents in predominantly immigrant communities on edge. Our stories today from Ukraine and California chronicle a loss of innocence through fear 鈥撀燽ut also an antidote in rebuilding trust.聽


This article appeared in the August 13, 2025 edition of the Monitor Daily.

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