Cold War
Paul Whelan: Innocent prisoner of Russia or a spy?
December 13, 2022Release of Brittney Griner shows U.S.-Russia talks can succeed, so let’s not allow Whelan case to derail possible peace negotiations.
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Toxic Cold War weapons legacy: Uranium mines still poisoning the U.S.
December 5, 2022The U.S. government bankrolled the uranium mining industry, but it had no plan for the toxic by-products of this nuclear assembly line.
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Polish missile crisis shows, again, why Ukraine war must end
November 17, 2022Accidents happen, and the precautions that were in place in the Cold War to prevent the escalation are gone.
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Decades after Berlin Wall fell, Cold War victors still trashing East Germany
November 9, 2022The GDR, as the old East Germany was officially known, was a lot more than the totalitarian prop paraded out during anniversaries to prove the supposed superiority of capitalism over socialism.
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Flags and banners at the Wende Museum: its most moving exhibition ever!
April 13, 2022The Wende Museum has thousands of flags and banners from the former socialist bloc; this new exhibition gives just a taste of what's in their archives.
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