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Back to SearchWho Was Alexei Navalny?
Alexei Navalny was Russia's most prominent and effective opposition leader, an anti-corruption crusader and democratic politician who entered public …
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Strangelove at 60
In early 1964, Stanley Kubrick's black comedy Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb premiered in theaters. Sixty year…
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Two Years of War w/ Michael Kimmage and Mark Galeotti
In every war, there is a battle over its origins. In this episode, historians Michael Kimmage and Mark Galeotti discuss Kimmage's new book, "Collisio…
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Two Years of War w/ Yaroslav Trofimov
When Russian shells began raining on Ukrainian cities and Russian tanks smashed across the border toward Kyiv on Feb. 24, 2022, much of the world wro…
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Rwanda's Genocide, 30 Years On
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In 1994 Rwanda was scarred by an organized campaign of mass carnage perpetrated by …
2 years, 2 months ago
All We Are Saying Is Give War A Chance
Most everywhere one looks in the Middle East today there is conflict: Israel-Gaza, Yemen and the Red Sea, Iraq, Iran and its proxies. The catalyst fo…
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Auschwitz Through Nazi Eyes
Audio excerpts from "The Zone of Interest" are courtesy A24 Films.
Oscar-nominated "The Zone of Interest" dramatizes the domestic life of the fanatic…
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Historians vs. Trump
Distinguished historians of the Civil War and Reconstruction eras have submitted briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court explaining the meaning of Section 3…
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Skokie
The uproar over free expression and antisemitism on college campuses evokes a controversy from the late 1970s that left a lasting mark on First Amend…
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Fascists, Fascists Everywhere
We might need a new lexicon to describe the threats to liberal democracy. At a time when some notable scholars are referencing the 1930s -- the decad…
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