“This is a frightening moment. Russia has invaded Ukraine, and certainly those most frightened right now are the people of Ukraine. But violent aggression—a war mounted by a country with vast military resources against a smaller, weaker country—strikes fear in all of us.”
Naomi Schalit
Naomi Schalit, graduate of Princeton University with a degree in religion and Near Eastern studies, began her career at the San Jose Mercury News. She has worked as a reporter and producer at Maine Public Radio, edited the opinion pages for two Maine newspapers and, with her husband, John Christie, founded the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, a non-profit news outlet that produces investigative and accountability reporting about Maine government and public affairs. Schalit is also the senior editor of Politics and Society at The Conversation.