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Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman (Ret.) argues in a new book that the United States’ “crisis management” approach to dealing with Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union has failed to deter Russian aggression, ultimately leading to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine three years ago. “We're short sighted about Russia. They put bright, shiny objects in front of us, like right now, it's a bright, shiny object of peace. That's not going to happen because Russia constantly breaks its agreements.”

Set “15 minutes into the future,” ‘Internment’ by Samira Ahmed follows 17-year-old Layla Amin and her family after they are systematically stripped of their rights and forced into an internment camp in the desert for Muslims. The novel grapples with the fragility of freedom, the cost of resistance, complicity, tragedy, and the strength of community. ‘Internment’ is not a subtle read, and that is by design. Ahmed is quick to make direct comparisons and references to painful moments in time. “Everything that takes place in ‘Internment’ – virtually everything – is something that has existed in history,” says Ahmed. 

The City of Seattle chose to build an entire area meant for enjoying a walk along the water that marginalizes 25 percent of its population.

In 1987, a young real estate developer traveled to the Soviet Union. The KGB almost certainly made the trip happen.

About 2,500 VA workers have been forced out of their jobs in the last few weeks.

Or a third term

A century ago, a German sociologist explained precisely how the president thinks about the world.