World War II

Marine walks through WWI cemetery

How to Win a War That Never Ends How to Win a War That Never Ends

History has shown us that brutal conflicts rarely have neat and timely conclusions.

Jun 7, 2018 / Andrew J. Bacevich

Pledge of Allegiance by Dorothea Lange

No Barbed Wire, No Guard Towers No Barbed Wire, No Guard Towers

The photographic legacy of the WWII-era detainment of Japanese Americans is itself a product of historical forces.  

May 4, 2018 / Madeleine Han

Coming to Terms With Ezra Pound’s Politics

Coming to Terms With Ezra Pound’s Politics Coming to Terms With Ezra Pound’s Politics

What is the relationship between Pound’s fascism and his poetry?

Mar 28, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Evan Kindley

The Men Who Made the Third Reich

The Men Who Made the Third Reich The Men Who Made the Third Reich

How Hitler and the Nazis came to power.

Feb 1, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Richard J. Evans

Richard Falk UN

A Conversation With Richard Falk, Part 2 A Conversation With Richard Falk, Part 2

On Israel, Palestine, and his work as a UN special rapporteur.

Jan 31, 2018 / Patrick Lawrence

Wall of Sorrow Moscow

The Unheralded Putin—Russia’s Official Anti-Stalinist No. 1 The Unheralded Putin—Russia’s Official Anti-Stalinist No. 1

A memorial monument to Stalin’s millions of victims—the subject of intense political struggle for more than 50 years—was commemorated in Moscow by Vladimir Putin, whose support at ...

Nov 8, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

Village Voice

The Lives and Deaths of ‘The Village Voice’ The Lives and Deaths of ‘The Village Voice’

After 62 years, the alt-weekly has stopped its print run. But some still see life in it yet.

Sep 29, 2017 / Leslie Savan

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Political Conflict Over Historical Monuments, From Charlottesville to Moscow Political Conflict Over Historical Monuments, From Charlottesville to Moscow

Today’s conflicts over American slavery and Stalin’s Great Terror reveal similar controversies as well as an unknown Putin.

Aug 17, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

Harvest

There’s a Fascist in the White House. Time to Grow Your Own Food. There’s a Fascist in the White House. Time to Grow Your Own Food.

Under President Trump, gardening is a radical move.

Jul 11, 2017 / Frida Berrigan

Lemoore California Navel Base

Why Can’t Americans Remember Anyone’s Death Other Than Those of Their Own? Why Can’t Americans Remember Anyone’s Death Other Than Those of Their Own?

A long history of war and terror has left America with a victim complex.

May 4, 2017 / John Dower

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