Reading obituaries is like acquiring advanced degrees in history, psychology, political science and philosophy. It is a way to follow change, especially when it comes to media figures and politicians.

According to Golfo Alexopoulos and new evidence, the essential purpose of the Gulags was violent human exploitation. The ...

Every year on Purim I listen for the same word near the end of the Megillah. It comes tumbling out almost casually — v’nahafoch hu — “and it was reversed.” The decree to annihilate the Jews of Persia ...

Since 2022, Vladimir Putin's regime has hardened relentlessly. The war has gone hand in hand with increasingly harsh control ...

Whether it was a studio wig, a numbers game of football in college, or a near-miss with nuclear fallout, Wayne’s life was far richer than his on-screen persona suggested.

A serious development on the left is the rehabilitation of Joseph Stalin. A systematic left-wing critique of the new wave of Stalinist revisionism has been missing, until now.

The King, who never realized that Esther was Jewish, is outraged at Haman. He has his minister executed. In subsequent conversations with Esther, Achasverosh grants the Jews the right to self-defense ...

The US embargo aims to isolate Cuba, yet its filmmakers turn hardship into art. From plantation slavery to queer identity, revolutionary cinema challenges imperial pressure and debates freedom of ...

On March 5, 1953, the Soviet Union faced a massive shift in power. Joseph Stalin, the leader who had ruled the nation since 1924, died in ...

After losing a power struggle with Josef Stalin, the Soviet revolutionary Leon Trotsky fled to Mexico. The plans to eliminate ...

Joseph Stalin’s rise after the Bolshevik Revolution transformed the Soviet Union through industrialization, political purges, and strict centralized rule. This biography follows his path from ...

Seventy-three years ago today, a future country music legend became the first American to learn of Joseph Stalin's death.