Cold War
Victor Grossman, powerful voice for a better world, dead at 97
December 22, 2025U.S. Communist famed for his defection to East Germany was a long-time correspondent in Berlin for People’s World.
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The Case of the Hollywood 10: Movie moguls launch blacklist in 1947
November 25, 2025A stain on the history of U.S. democracy and the country’s entertainment industry to this day, the blacklist would remain in force until around 1960.
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Disarmament advocates warn Trump nuclear test threat could spark arms race
November 4, 2025Experts predict other countries would follow suit if the U.S. detonates a nuclear explosion.
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East Germans still underpaid and ignored decades after unification
October 20, 2025Thirty-five years after reunification, East Germans earn less, hold fewer top positions, and are still defined by narratives written in the West.
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On 80th anniversary of Hiroshima, new questions arise about ‘the Bomb’
August 6, 2025Top official admitted that, with the Nazis practically defeated, the real reason for dropping the bomb was to emphasize U.S. hegemony in the post-war world—and to send that message to the USSR.
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