With Homeland at War, Ukrainian-Americans Watch, Mobilize

A cease-fire in Ukraine between government troops and pro-Russian separatists has brought a temporary lull in the crisis gripping that country. But many of the estimated 1.2 million Americans of Ukrainian descent remain tense, fearful and angry.   At Saint George Academy, a Catholic school in the heart of New York City’s Ukrainian-American community, the high school students know the Ukrainian national anthem by heart - and they sing it regularly and with gusto.  Most were either...

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