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Cache Of Russian Avant-Garde Works Surfaces In Regional Museum's Basement

A leading Russian avant-garde expert says he has identified dozens of works by artists such as Wassily Kandinsky, Alexander Rodchenko and Varvara Stepanova languishing in an obscure history museum in the Kirov region.

Will COVID-19 Radicalize Young People Forever? Don't Count On It

Gen-Z conservatives do not take for granted that the COVID-19 crisis will lead their peers to left-wing politics. 

A ‘Holocaust Disneyland’? Historians Say a Controversial Film Director Wants to Turn a Ukrainian Museum into One.

A Ukrainian filmmaker's controversial methods and subject matter have sparked criticism of his leadership of a memorial project for the massacre by Nazis and local collaborators of 150,000 people (including 50,000 Jews) at Babyn Yar, outside Kyiv.

On the 50th Anniversary, America’s Still not Fully Recovered from the Wounds of Kent State

by Will Bunch

Historian Thomas Grace argued that, contrary to the perception of student protesters as Ivy League elites, movements at Kent State built on family histories of labor unionism and the perception that working class kids' path to a better life was being short-circuited by the war in Vietnam.

How 13 Seconds Changed Kent State University Forever

As the 50th anniversary of the Kent State killings passed this week, the University had been advancing along a difficult path to acknowledge the events and introduce new students to the campus's tragic history.

Whitmer Says Michigan Protests 'Depicted Some of the Worst Racism and Awful Parts of Our History'

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) said protests inside the state Capitol last week, featuring demonstrators with assault weapons, swastikas and Confederate flags, depicted some of the “worst racism and awful parts” of the nation’s history.

Canaries in a ‘Toxic Mine’

Professors at Ohio U say tenure-track faculty cuts can't simply be blamed on COVID-19, but rather long-term financial mismanagement.

Ida B. Wells Honored with Posthumous Pulitzer

Ida B. Wells's pioneering role as a journalist on the front lines of struggle against racist terrorism at the nadir of American race relations was posthumously recognized with a Pulitzer Prize yesterday. 

The New York Times and the Anchorage Daily News Win Pulitzer Prizes

The award for commentary went to Nikole Hannah-Jones for her centerpiece essay for the Times's much-discussed 1619 project. 

German Catholic Bishops Admit They Were ‘Complicit’ In Nazi Crimes

Germany’s Catholic bishops have acknowledged that they were “complicit” in allowing the Nazis to rise to power.

Auschwitz Museum Condemns Use Of Nazi Slogan At US Anti-Lockdown Protest

The "work sets you free" sign repeated the inscription on the gates of Auschwitz and was aimed at the Jewish governor of Illinois.

Investing in Energy and Projects Helped Pave the Way Out of the Great Depression: It Can Now Help Build a Greener World

The convergence of the climate crisis and the COVID emergency means that governments should invest now in the infrastructure needed to speed the transition to a carbon-free energy system.

The New Great Depression Is Coming. Will There Be a New New Deal?

Leaders like Elizabeth Warren are hoping that the current crisis will spur the kind of labor organizing that happened in the 1930s as workers fight for economic survival. 

Could Trump Go the Way of Herbert Hoover?

Will the ignominious political fate of Herbert Hoover await Donald Trump when voters deliver a verdict on his tumultuous presidency in November?

50 Years Ago, ‘The Dude’ Didn’t Abide. He Helped Lead Thousands in Protest at UW After Students Shot at Kent State.

Before inspiring "The Dude," Jeff Dowd was a Seattle activist who led students to block Interstate 5 in Seattle to protest the war in Vietnam and the killing of students by the National Guard at Kent State. 

‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ Gets Thorough Inspection but Mystery Still Surrounds Subject

While art historians have been able to employ state-of-the-art imaging techniques to establish a more precise analysis of the artwork — often referred to as the "Dutch ‘Mona Lisa’” — its subject remains a mystery.

Inside the Mission to Perform Bone-Marrow Transplants on Survivors of the Chernobyl Disaster

"Nevertheless, the next ten days demonstrated the value of international medical cooperation in moments of crisis, even when politics might make success seem impossible." writes Yair Reisner, an Israeli doctor whose help was requested by Russian officials after the disaster.

Fifty Years Ago, Fed Up With the City’s Neglect, a San Diego Community Rose Up to Create Chicano Park

Making Tierra Mía, says the director of the Smithsonian Latino Center, proved transformative in giving voice to the people

Internet Access Proves Necessary to ‘Participate in Life’ During Pandemic

Harvard Law Professor Susan Crawford argues that the regulatory system for electric utilities established by Franklin Roosevelt in the 1930s is a model for necessary reforms to the telecommunicatins industry to ensure all Americans can access the internet.   

"A Terrible Price": The Deadly Racial Disparities of COVID-19 in America

New Orleans's famed Krewe of Zulu celebrated Mardi Gras as federal and state health officials proclaimed low risk for Coronavirus. In two months, 30 members would have COVID-19 and eight would be dead, illustrating dire and longstanding racial disparities in health in America.