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Nor Hayastan (Armenian: Նոր Հայաստան, meaning "New Armenia") is an independent Armenian language daily newspaper published in Glendale, California. It was established by Vahan Vahanian (Jansezian). The first issue was published on January 15, 1992. [1]
In 1958, The California Courier was founded in Fresno, California by George J. Mason (born Kevork Elmassian) and Reese Cleghorn. [2] [3] Unlike some other Armenian weekly newspapers in the United States, the Courier was published entirely in English and marketed to an audience and generation of Armenian-Americans whose primary language was not Armenian.
By the 1970s, the concentration of Armenians in California shifted from the Central Valley to Los Angeles County.Instead of creating a second newspaper in Los Angeles, those attending the Armenian Revolutionary Federation moved the Asbarez operation to Southern California in 1970 and launched a regular English language section. [3]
Glendale, California has the highest concentration of Armenians in the nation and the highest outside of Armenia. [87] Glendale, just a few miles away from Downtown Los Angeles, has a population of about 200,000, of which, according to some estimates, 40% is Armenian. [88] [89] [90] According to the 2000 Census, 53,840 people, or 27% of the ...
The first Armenian families began to settle in the Los Angeles area starting in the late 19th century. Aram Yeretzian, a social worker and Protestant Christian minister who wrote a 1923 University of Southern California thesis on the Armenians of Los Angeles, stated that the first Armenian in Los Angeles arrived in around 1900.
The CFPB said that from 2015 to 2021, Citi “treated Armenian Americans as criminals who were likely to commit fraud.” Citi fined $25.9M for discriminating against Armenian Americans after ...
Armenian newspapers are published in Armenia and in the Armenian diaspora where there are concentrations of Armenians.. Usually the newspapers are in the Armenian language, but many of the Armenian diaspora newspapers will usually have supplements or sections in the national language of the country where the newspaper is published.
The group, who first arrived in the U.S. in the 1800s, have largely made homes in New York and California. But other areas have also become major cultural hubs, including Chicago, Oklahoma City ...