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As Russia Strikes Ukrainian Civilians, Putin Tells His People the War Is Just
Invoking World War II on the 80th anniversary of victory at Stalingrad, Mr. Putin repeated his false justifications for an…
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Soaring Death Toll Gives Grim Insight Into Russian Tactics
Moscow is sending poorly trained recruits, including convicts, to the front lines in eastern Ukraine to pave the way for…
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Avedon at Large
“Richard Avedon: Murals” fills just one gallery of the Met, but “fills” is an understatement. These portraits of prominent political…
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Harold Brown, Tuskegee Airman Who Faced a Lynch Mob, Dies at 98
One of the last surviving Black pilots from that celebrated group, he was surrounded by an angry mob after parachuting…
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What Happened to Canada’s Cold War Relics?
Few of the sites built to protect Canadians from a radioactive cloud of destruction have been preserved.
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Russia cracks down on the free press and outlaws Meduza, a leading independent news site.
Russian officials continued their campaign to stifle press freedom on Thursday, labeling the independent news website Meduza an “undesirable organization”…
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As Ukraine awaits promised tanks from the West, the fighting continues.
The fall of the small mining town of Soledar to Russian forces on Wednesday drove home Ukraine’s argument that it…
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Two British men went to Soledar. Neither came back.
An undated photo of Andrew Bagshaw.Credit...Bryce Wilson, via ReutersChris Parry, one of two British men killed in Ukraine.Credit...Chris Parry, via…
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The Logic of Escalation in Ukraine
When the Ukrainian military made rapid advances in its autumn campaign, the fears of Russian nuclear retaliation were connected to…
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Germany’s Reluctance on Tanks Stems From Its History and Its Politics
A post-Nazi aversion to war and a commitment to promoting peace through engagement combines with an old fixation on Russia…