Politics
A monument to Lenin: Sourcing a well-known poem by Bertolt Brecht
January 19, 2024The story of how carpet weavers in Turkestan honored Lenin by helping themselves survive.
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Waves of yearning: A Palestinian’s tale of dreams and the stolen sea
January 19, 2024“The beautiful beach—surely a promenade for lovers, a sanctuary to lament and ease pain, a place where children’s laughter shaped the sands—was something we could never experience.”
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Democrat Schakowsky blocks GOP Social Security cuts in money bill
January 19, 2024Lawmakers avert shutdown, send another temporary money bill to Biden.
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As it happened 1924: LENIN IS DEAD
January 19, 2024100 years after the death of Lenin, read how the Daily Worker reported the news at the time.
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Remembering and reviewing pioneering gay literary editor Michael Denneny
January 18, 2024Sadly, this book review is also an obituary and a memoir.
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