“The hidden history of the Cold War adoption complex.”
communism
Posted inEditor's Pick
On the Trail of the Dark Avenger
“Bulgaria in the 1980s became known as the ‘virus factory’, where hundreds of malicious computer programs were unleashed to wreak havoc. But who was writing them, and why?”
Posted inEditor's Pick
Where the Sidewalk Ends
“Meet the rednecks running a mutual aid auto repair shop in Alabama.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
Extraction
“When your great-grandparents grew up in Stalin’s terror-famine, your grandparents in the Holocaust, and your parents in a straddle between totalitarianism and democracy, you grew up confused about pain.”
Posted inNonfiction
How Vladimir Putin Helped ‘Nazify’ Modern Germany
Rainer Sonntag was a far-right vigilante. He was also a Communist spy.
Posted inHighlight, Profiles & Interviews, Quote Posts, Quotes
Vivian Gornick on ‘Political Activism as a Path Toward a Coherent Self’
“But writing itself, living a life defined by work and intellect rather than love or marriage, became her primary feminist commitment.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Audio, Books, History, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story
‘The Very Top Guy in the Stasi was Personally Involved in Figuring Out How to Destroy Punk.’
Author Tim Mohr talks about East Germany’s dissident punk rock scene, and its role in bringing down the Berlin Wall in 1989 — the story behind his remarkable new book, ‘Burning Down The Haus.’
Posted inBooks, Feature, Fiction, Story
My Brother Comes to Moscow
‘We had had many arguments, but he was my brother; he had always been my brother.’
Posted inNonfiction
Hello, Lenin? (Berlin, 1997)
When an American exchange student discovered that the Germans never lose anything.