![Heinrich Himmler inspecting the Galicia Division in May 1944. Otto Wächter is in the background.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Reichsfuhrer_Heinrich_Himmler_wizytuje_14._Dywizje_Grenadierow_Waffen_SS__Galizien__2-1995-1.jpg)
Why Is the American Library Association Whitewashing the History of Ukrainian Nazis? Why Is the American Library Association Whitewashing the History of Ukrainian Nazis?
In honoring a book depicting Ukrainian volunteers in the Waffen SS as heroes and patriots, the group reveals historical ignorance—or indifference to antisemitism.
Apr 10, 2024 / Lev Golinkin
![Cluster bomb on the side of a road in Ukraine](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cluster-bomb-ukraine-getty.jpg)
All Sides in the Ukraine War Have Been Using Cluster Bombs Since 2014 All Sides in the Ukraine War Have Been Using Cluster Bombs Since 2014
The nihilism of the battlefield is reflected in hypocritical statements churned out by Kyiv and Moscow.
Jul 12, 2023 / Lev Golinkin
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The Western Media Is Whitewashing the Azov Battalion The Western Media Is Whitewashing the Azov Battalion
Before Russia invaded Ukraine, these fighters were neo-Nazis. They still are.
Jun 13, 2023 / Feature / Lev Golinkin
![Former DHS Security Secretary Michael Chertoff](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/DHS-michael-chertoff-speaks-getty-img.jpg)
Another Terrible Choice for Biden’s “Disinformation Board” Another Terrible Choice for Biden’s “Disinformation Board”
Michael Chertoff’s experience detaining Muslim Americans, justifying CIA torture, and helping to draft the Patriot Act make him an all-too-appropriate choice to advise this Orwelli...
May 27, 2022 / Lev Golinkin
![Official portrait of Nina Jankowicz as executive director of the Disinformation Governance Board](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/jankowitz-cc.jpg)
Meet the Head of Biden’s New “Disinformation Governing Board” Meet the Head of Biden’s New “Disinformation Governing Board”
Nina Jankowicz is a veteran information warrior. But her “experience” working with StopFake should have set off alarm bells.
May 12, 2022 / Lev Golinkin
![Secretary Blinken Faces a Big Test in Ukraine, Where Nazis and Their Sympathizers Are Glorified](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/antony-blinken-ukraine-microphone-gty.jpg)
Secretary Blinken Faces a Big Test in Ukraine, Where Nazis and Their Sympathizers Are Glorified Secretary Blinken Faces a Big Test in Ukraine, Where Nazis and Their Sympathizers Are Glorified
One week after hundreds marched in Kyiv to honor a Nazi SS division, the US secretary of state has a chance to stand up for Holocaust survivors.
May 6, 2021 / Lev Golinkin
![Stephen F. Cohen Kept the Faith](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/stephen-cohen-otu-img-1.jpg)
Stephen F. Cohen Kept the Faith Stephen F. Cohen Kept the Faith
Steve’s insistence on speaking the truth about Ukraine and US-Russia relations cost him—but he never gave up.
Sep 30, 2020 / Lev Golinkin
![Canada’s Nazi Monuments](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/heinrich-himmler-ss-troops-gty-img.jpg)
Canada’s Nazi Monuments Canada’s Nazi Monuments
Why does Canada have not one but several memorials to Nazi collaborators? And why, when statues are toppling all over the world, have Canadian Jewish groups remained silent?
Jul 21, 2020 / Lev Golinkin
![30 Years Ago Eastern Europeans Tore Down Walls. Now They Write Pop Songs to Putin.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/The_Berlin_Wall__img.jpg)
30 Years Ago Eastern Europeans Tore Down Walls. Now They Write Pop Songs to Putin. 30 Years Ago Eastern Europeans Tore Down Walls. Now They Write Pop Songs to Putin.
How crony capitalism and crippling austerity turned democracy into a dirty word.
Nov 8, 2019 / Lev Golinkin
![Ukraine’s Corruption Is a Mirror of Our Own](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Manafort-Creepy-ap-img.jpg)
Ukraine’s Corruption Is a Mirror of Our Own Ukraine’s Corruption Is a Mirror of Our Own
Ukraine is often portrayed as a hopeless cauldron of corruption teeming with seedy characters. But America often forgets that it takes two to tango.
Oct 9, 2019 / Lev Golinkin