This episode examines whether the Soviet Union fits the political definition of an empire. It analyzes the USSR as a multiethnic, centralized state exercising authority over diverse nationalities. The ...

When Germany launched Operation Barbarossa, its armored forces expected another swift victory. Instead, they encountered the ...

I wrote a book about Jesse Jackson, and we became friends. The cynics didn’t get how he fused moral simplicity and political ...

Much of its gear and training had Soviet fingerprints all over it. The generals watching from Moscow could reasonably believe ...

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has warned that Moscow would deliver a nuclear response, should NATO countries try to supply Ukraine with atomic weapons.

Two movies about the U.S. Men's Hockey team's “Miracle on Ice” at the Lake Placid Olympics in 1980 are available on streaming ...

Everyone who witnessed it remembers where they were. The victory of the gold-medal-winning US men’s hockey team over the ...

Plus: Jewish Film Institute’s Winterfest, Emeryville International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, BAMPFA gets psychedelic, more.

Exclusive: The 2025 Cannes favorite opens in New York on March 20 and Los Angeles on March 27.

A significant winter storm is forecast along the East Coast of the United States by the weekend, but it remains to be seen just how much snow, ice or other impacts it could bring to millions still ...

Another winter storm may be headed toward the East Coast this weekend, on the heels of the powerful and deadly system that blanketed huge swaths of the country in snow and ice and killed dozens. The ...

I, Tonya, The Bronze, Miracle, Munich, Cool Runnings, and more make up our list of the best movies about the Olympics.