Author: Kalina Goranova

2017 WPI Fellow

Journalist, Capital Weekly, Capital Daily
Sofia, Bulgaria


Posts by Kalina Goranova:

Forward, with or without Washington!

Forward, with or without Washington!

As the federal government steps back in certain areas, like climate change and protecting and enforcement civil rights, we will continue to see city attorney generals and city attorneys stepping in and filling that vacuum“. The words belong to Edward Siskel from the...
Jails for everybody

Jails for everybody

The ship leaves the WPI Fellows at Alcatraz Island, located in the San Francisco Bay. Above us is one of the most famous prisons in the world – Alcatraz. A leaflet informs us the prison was closed because of high costs. Now Alcatraz is a tourist attraction, while on...
Spotlight is alive

Spotlight is alive

I still remember clearly the thoughts in my head after I watched the movie Spotlight. It was a perfect 2 hours and 8 minutes – an ideal romantic image of what journalism should be like. The ideal romantic image of the deeply passionate journalist whose work brings...
Let’s go MAD*, again!

Let’s go MAD*, again!

Almost 15,000. This is the number of the nuclear warheads in the world. Russia leads that chart with 7,000, followed by the United States with 6,800. Every hour, $2.2 million of the U.S. taxpayers’ money goes directly toward nuclear weapons. „Nuclear material is...
Because we like you!

Because we like you!

At the age of 75 in Oct.12, 2003 Joan Beverly Kroc dies. As the third wife of McDonald’s CEO Ray Kroc, she inherited his fortune after his death in 1984. During her life Mrs. Kroc gave away more than $1 billion toward causes ranging from animal welfare,...