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Putin's claim to rid Ukraine of Nazis is especially absurd given its history
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRussian President Vladimir Putin has claimed the war on Ukraine is a 'peacekeeping mission.' Mikhail...
Ghosts of Ukraine: Don't forget dark events preceding Ukraine's birth as free nation
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEvery day, the media is filled with the heroic stories of the people of Ukraine struggling to defend...
The Virulent Antisemite Who Influenced Henry Ford and Woodrow Wilson, and Brought the Worst...
Politico via Yahoo News· 6 months agoIn early 1933, in a lower Manhattan courtroom, a diminutive, dark-eyed Russian expatriate took the stand as the U.S. government’s expert witness in a decade-old legal dispute with the U.S.S.R ...
Is Zionism patriotism or racism? Big disagreements over a word in use for 125 years
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoGraffiti at the Powell Library on the UCLA campus. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) In the...
The Iranian People's 100-Year Struggle for Freedom
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWomen run away from anti-riot police during a protest of the death of a young woman, Mahsa Amini, who had been detained for violating the country's...
For decades, Moscow has sought to silence its critics abroad
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 month agoFrom its earliest days, the Soviet Union's intelligence services — whether known as the Cheka or by...
Bio of Polish statesman holds lessons on today's Ukraine
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOne hundred years ago, a revolutionary Polish patriot argued that Russia’s hunger for territory...
Why is there a monument to a Nazi collaborator in suburban New York?
Yahoo News· 1 year agoOn Tuesday, Russia celebrated Victory Day, the annual national holiday that marks the Soviet Union’s...
BOOKS: The Orientalist: Tom Reiss
The Valdosta Daily Times, Ga. via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJul. 1—Author Tom Reiss embarks on a search for the true identity of the early 20th century author Kurban Said, who wrote the miniature masterpiece novel "Ali and Nino." While many have tried ...
In History of the World, Part II , Mel Brooks Is Still Funnier Than Most Comedians Half His Age
Time via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWonderfully intergenerational, the show is both an anointing of the many heirs to Brooks’ comedy...
