As desirable vacation destinations go, war-torn Ukraine must surely rate low. But in the first month of Russia’s invasion, Airbnb bookings in Ukraine boomed, as people...
As someone who teaches Russian literature, I can’t help but process the world through the country’s novels, stories, poems and plays, even at a time when...
Russian intelligence chief Sergey Beseda and his deputy, Anatoly Bolyukh, were placed under house arrest on March 9. Beseda and Bolyukh oversaw the foreign intelligence branch...
A very real problem vividly illustrated for the rest of us In a new video from Robert Reich, former secretary of labor and accomplished author, an extremely timely, entertaining...
This historic ruling may be the first, where a federal judge determined that a President appeared to have committed a crime while...
The remarks, though later walked back by the White House, are the most explicit yet from the U.S. president that he sees no future for Putin...
According to Mark F. Pomerantz, a former federal prosecutor that came out of retirement to work on the Trump investigation and then resigned last month, Trump...
“Instead of hitting the brakes on the decarbonization of the global economy” amid Russia’s war on Ukraine, “now is the time to put the pedal to...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a virtual address on Wednesday urged Congress to push for both a no-fly zone over Ukraine, as well as for additional...
How do things really get done (or more often not) in Washington D.C.? In a new video from Robert Reich, former secretary of labor and accomplished...
Three European Prime Ministers of NATO countries will meet in Kyiv with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmyhal Polish Prime Minister Mateusz...
“They have moved to a new stage of terror in which they are trying to physically eliminate representatives of legitimate local Ukrainian authorities,” said the Ukrainian...
New survey data shows that voters “want elected officials to challenge corporate greed to lower prices,” said one advocate. On the heels of fresh data showing that...
In addition to protests in Berlin and London, people also took to the streets in occupied Ukrainian cities and in Moscow, despite the threat of arrest....
“Extinction is not inevitable—it is a political choice,” says a new petition calling for bold changes to the Endangered Species Act. The Center for Biological Diversity on...
“This is a bill to reduce gas prices and hold Big Oil accountable,” said Rep. Ro Khanna, who led the measure in the U.S. House. Congressional...
“We hope that the government will support our amendments which seek to strengthen our ability to hit Russian oligarchs as quickly and effectively as possible,” said...
“We are not part of this conflict, and we have a responsibility to ensure it does not escalate and spread beyond Ukraine,” said NATO Secretary-General Jens...
The West has responded to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by imposing harsh economic sanctions. Most consequentially, key Russian banks have been cut out of the SWIFT...
“Using cluster munitions in populated areas shows a brazen and callous disregard for people’s lives,” said the human rights group. Russian forces used cluster bombs during attacks...
“Peace is the only way to halt this tragedy,” said the U.N. high commissioner for refugees. The United Nations Refugee Agency said late Wednesday that Russia’s deadly...
Though Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is just days old, Russia has been working for years to influence and undermine the independence of its smaller neighbor....