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Katrina vanden Heuvel served as Editor of The Nation from 1995 to 2019 and is currently its Editorial Director and Publisher. She is a frequent commentator on U.S. and international politics on ABC, MSNBC, CNN, and Democracy Now!, with her work also appearing in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, and more. From 2013 to 2022, she penned a weekly column for The Washington Post. She is the author of several books, including The Change I Believe In: Fighting for Progress in The Age of Obama. Throughout her distinguished career, Katrina vanden Heuvel has received numerous awards for her contributions to journalism and public service. She serves on the boards of multiple prominent organizations, including The Quincy Institute and The Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, and is President of The American Committee for US-Russian Accord.
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On September 23, 1775, Russian Empress Catherine the Great, rejected the request of the British King, George III, to send 20,000 soldiers to suppress the revolt for independence in America. Russian neutrality favored the Americans’ cause, decisively thwarting British efforts to defeat the rebels. Almost three centuries after Catherine the Great’s historic stance, it is time for the United States to return the favor to Russia.
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Good (or Holy) Friday Poem by Mark Warns
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The Cold War Culture War is alive and well…
