Sitting on the Berlin Wall would have been unheard of just two ... "Basically, over time, the weight of the crowd buckled all the barriers." More importantly, border guards refused to shoot.

No wonder that Dirk Dreyer, general manager of the AEG -operated venue, is grinning widely as he looks up the result on his ...

Our art reflects a commitment to the pleasant, a subtlety and delay in how we communicate, and an easygoing acceptance of ...

Tony Dolan, who died this month at age 76, was a sage to many and a friend to freedom lovers around the world.

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That’s when Vladimir realized the true colors of the communist party he had worshipped as a youngster. That night he switched allegiance from the red party to his mother nation, the USSR. He also took ...

Corporate capitalism (under the Washington Consensus) overpowered social democracies in Europe—and also India—after the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989. The US took effective control of ...

The Sharpeville Massacre that took place 65 years ago was condemned by the world but the All Blacks continued to play the ...

Here are eight library-cafe pairings across the Bay Area with great vibes and even better eats. Croissant, anyone? Perhaps a ...

Jim Harmon writes, There comes a time for everyone, I suppose, when it hits you: you’ve reached an age at which you have ...

As the war morphs into a deadly routine, it's harder for him to hold the attention of allies, and to keep people like Trump ...