In 1945, a book about a family of trolls forced to find a new home—in a dark unknown forest with a terrifying serpent—after ...

Xi Zhongxun, the father of Xi Jinping, was a high-ranking Communist official under Mao. He fell from grace but later returned ...

Former political prisoners explain the different ways the dissident movement within the Soviet bloc (1922–1991) took shape.

Charlie English delves into the CIA's attempts to combat communism via literature including '1984' in a book that reminds, in ...

What the Heck Does It Even Mean? Many Americans are quick to label the politics of former President Joe Biden or Vice President Kamala Harris as “socialist.” But I’d wager my 13th salary—the annual bo ...

Step back in time and explore some of the creepiest and most chilling abandoned places from the Soviet era. From decaying ...

A steel gray fuselage with a bright red star painted on the side tail was about as ornate as the Soviets got when painting ...

Democratic primary voters in New York City have nominated Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old state lawmaker. He claimed victory ...

Trying to move to Israel with his ballerina wife, he was harassed and jailed while becoming an international cause célèbre ...

As artist Maggie Wong talks about her early childhood in Oakland, California, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, she pauses. Stopping halfway through a sentence describing the group to which her ...

Cohn served as chief counsel to Joseph McCarthy in the early 1950s, when the Wisconsin senator was riding roughshod over the ...

Life-size Lenin among Soviet art up for auction. 24 February 2025. ... They were designed to show an audience "the ideals of the communist message". More Soviet Union paintings will also be ...