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Nina Khrushcheva, great-granddaughter of former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, teaches propaganda at the New School in New York

Propaganda, American style: A Khrushchev’s perspective

Culture

Many Americans might think propaganda is something that happens elsewhere, but in the War on Terror, Nina Khrushcheva saw and heard tropes familiar to her, having grown up in the Soviet Union as the great-granddaughter of former leader Nikita Khrushchev. Now a US citizen and New School professor in New York, she teaches propaganda, and hopes more Americans will become more propaganda-literate. She shares some ideas on where to start.

Detainees in orange jumpsuits sit in a holding area under the watchful eyes of military police during inprocessing at the temporary detention facility at Guantanamo Bay's Camp X-Ray in this January 11, 2002 file photograph.

He blew the whistle on CIA torture, and now he’s finally home from jail — and talking

Justice
Pont de l'Archevêché shows the padlocks that people have attached.

Paris wants all of you lovers to stop putting locks on its bridges

Global Scan
Dick Cheney lost influence as the Bush administration moved into its second term. Here are the two men at a Pentagon ceremony in December 2006.

Who was the ‘alpha male’ inside the Bush White House?

Global Politics

America may be on hold, but bold moves are afoot in Somalia, Libya and the Arctic

Global Scan

U.S. faces hurdles if it chooses to extradite NSA leaker Snowden to face criminal charges

Global Politics

The United States government has begun a criminal investigation in response to data program leaker Edward Snowden’s actions. While President Barack Obama declined to address Snowden specifically, in a national TV interview Monday night, he mounted a spirited defense of the NSA surveillance program at large.

Experts say foreign policy largely irrelevant when U.S. voters head to ballot box

Though matters of foreign policy have provided Barack Obama and Mitt Romney equal chances to batter one another, and it could be argued that a large part of the slow U.S. economic recovery is due to foreign troubles, foreign policy doesn’t amount to much for voters.

Same-sex marriage bill in Maryland set to be signed

Global Politics

Last week, the Maryland Senate approved a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage in the state. The bill, which follows a similar one from 2011 that died in Maryland’s House of Delegates, now awaits the Governor’s signature — scheduled for Thursday.

Dick Cheney opens up in new memoir

Arts, Culture & Media

In an interview to promote his new memoir, Cheney promised ‘heads will explode all over Washington.’

Dick Cheney against CIA investigation

Global Politics

Cheney said he was concerned about the effect the investigation on morale in the CIA and called it “clearly a political move.”