Section: US & Canada
There’s Nothing Wrong With Posing for Photos at Chernobyl
On Sunday morning a Twitter user named Bruno Zupan posted screenshots of four Instagram photos: A man’s hand holding a geiger counter. A woman posing near a burned-out bus. A woman in a hard hat and face mask. And, most disturbingly, a woman pulling down a hazmat suit to reveal her white thong. All were geotagged Pripyat, Ukraine, the ghost...
Chernobyl For Sale
The hit TV show is bolstering demand for related Soviet memorabilia …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Eight Crimean Tatars Jailed On Extremism Charges
A court in Russia-controlled Crimea has sent eight Crimean Tatars to pretrial detention for two months on extremism charges. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia staging 'significant' military buildup in Crimea: report
U.S. intelligence officials say that Russian forces are undergoing a “significant” military buildup in the contested Ukrainian region of Crimea, including around Soviet-era military installations.One U.S. official told Defense One on Wednesday that… …read more Source: The...
EU Ambassadors Agree To Extend Crimea Sanctions For Another Year
European Union ambassadors have agreed to extend the bloc’s investment ban on the Crimean Peninsula by another year. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Study Ranks Afghanistan As World’s Least Peaceful Country, Points To ‘De-Escalation’ In Ukraine
According to a new study, the world became “very slightly” more peaceful for the first time in five years, but remains “considerably less peaceful now” than a decade ago due to conflicts in the Middle East, a rise in terrorism, increasing numbers of refugees, and other factors. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe /...
Anti-Lobbying Progressive Group Endorses Former Corporate Lobbyist Senate Candidate
Democracy for America (DFA), a progressive activist group that has repeatedly criticized lobbyists and corporate interests, endorsed former corporate lobbyist Jaime Harrison on Tuesday in his challenge against Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.). DFA, which was formed out of Howard Dean’s unsuccessful presidential campaign in 2004 and was a...
Next Up For U.S. Weapons Supplies to Ukraine? Possibly Surface-To-Air Missiles
The missiles would have no immediate battlefield use, since Russian military aircraft have not been used in the conflict. Still, the move sends another clear message where Congress stands on the war in Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Summer of Russia’s Discontent?
When Russian ministers, top managers, and oligarchs were boarding their first-class flights and private jets on their way back to Moscow from the glitzy annual Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum on Monday, they probably expected to read articles about themselves in the morning Russian business papers that are always offered on board....
Leftism Makes People Meaner: Reflections on the Torture of Paul Manafort
The sadistic treatment of Paul Manafort illustrates something I have believed since I attended graduate school in the 1970s and saw the behavior of left-wing students: Leftism makes people meaner. There are kind and mean conservatives and kind and mean liberals. Neither liberalism nor conservatism makes people kinder or meaner. But this is not...
