history
Artists vs. apparatchiks in Wajda’s last film “Afterimage”
May 31, 2017Wajda found a subject through which he could express his credo as an artiste—criticism of Stalinism.
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This week in history: John F. Kennedy on his centennial
May 30, 2017In the more than half century since his death, Kennedy’s popularity has remained steady around 70 percent, among the highest of any president.
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Elián, son of Cuba, among history’s most famous 5-year-olds
May 30, 2017Gonzalez became “a boy caught between two worlds.”
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The UAW 212 CIO Flying Squad comes back to life one afternoon
May 11, 2017“Ten bucks for the cap,” the young lad answered. With nary a shake or a nod I gave him the ten-spot and scurried away from his booth. That feller had no idea what he just sold.
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New Bulgarian documentary “Angel Wagenstein: Art is a Weapon”
May 9, 2017The USSR had Sergei Eisenstein, while Bulgaria had Angel Wagenstein.
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