New Orleans political patriarch Moon Landrieu has died Moon Landrieu, the patriarch of a Louisiana political family who was a lonely voice for civil rights until the tide turned in the 1960s, has died The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2022
Biden loves labor unions but blue-collar workers don’t love him back President Joe Biden vowed his administration would be the most pro-union in U.S. history. But in a labor stronghold that has become a symbol for blue-collar defections from the Democratic Party, workers say they don’t feel the wind at their backs from the White House. Tribune News Service · Sep 5, 2022
America's secrets: Trump's unprecedented disregard of norms Donald Trump isn’t the first to face criticism for flouting rules and traditions around the safeguarding of sensitive government records The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2022
Historians advise the president. The problem? The scholars were all white. In early August the White House invited an all-white group of historians to talk about threats to American democracy. WEKU · Sep 4, 2022
The Observer view on Mikhail Gorbachev: he drew a line under a wretched past but failed to usher in a brighter future Hailed a hero by the west for banishing Stalin’s legacy and ending the cold war, he was ultimately reviled at home The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2022
Roland Mesnier: White House pastry chef for a sweet quarter-century A confident and methodical patissier, Mesnier was a master at creating decadent, sugary showstoppers The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2022
Mikhail Gorbachev's unlikely friendship with Margaret Thatcher after cracking joke Mikhail Gorbachev recalled how he assured Thatcher he had no instructions from the Politburo to try to persuade her to join the Soviet Union’s Communist Party – which caused her to burst out laughing Daily Mirror · Sep 2, 2022
Editorial: The end of the end of the 20th century Some would say the 20th century ended at Y2K — midnight on Jan. 1, 2000. Others would say that, as a historical phenomenon, it extended until the shock of Sept. 11, 2001. And others still might cite the Great Recession or even the election of Donald Trump as the real… Tribune News Service · Sep 2, 2022
Big reveal: Biden to help unveil Obama White House portrait It’s been more than a decade since President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, welcomed back George W The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2022
Editorial: Gorbachev's legacy and Putin's war "I like Mr. Gorbachev," British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said in 1984. "We can do business together." Tribune News Service · Sep 1, 2022
History's bookends: Putin reversed many Gorbachev reforms Mikhail Gorbachev stood for freedom, openness, peace and closer ties with the outside world The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2022
Gorbachev and Reagan: A Friendship that Ended the Cold War Mikhail Gorbachev stepped onto a Washington street and began shaking hands to cheers and applause in 1990 -- a bit of unaccustomed political showmanship worthy of his friend Ronald Reagan. Ana Maria Guzman was in the park on her lunch break that May when she saw the Soviet leader, who… Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 1, 2022
Gorbachev was let down by the west. Putin’s Russia is the result Letters: With better support from the US and Britain, Russia could have been a very different place today, says Michael Meadowcroft, while Bill Robinson remembers photographing the Thatchers and the Gorbachevs in Moscow The Guardian - UK · Aug 31, 2022
Why was Gorbachev so popular in West, so unpopular in Russia? The death of Mikhail Gorbachev prompted gushing tributes from across the West on Wednesday but much less of a reaction in Russia. FRANCE 24 examines why Gorbachev is lionised in the West for his role in ending the Cold War, but scorned in Russia for overseeing the collapse of the… France 24 · Aug 31, 2022
The Conversation · Aug 31, 2022 Mikhail Gorbachev: five things you need to know Mikhail Gorbachev was a voice of sanity in a crazy cold war world, and his death marks the end of a particular era in 20th century history. During his time as leader of the Soviet Union (1985-1991), Gorbachev brought about enormous change in Russian politics and society, in international relations,…
The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2022 Major events in the life and career of Mikhail Gorbachev The Soviet Union seemed an immovable superpower in perpetual antagonism to the United States Before Mikhail Gorbachev came along
The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2022 Voices: Mikhail Gorbachev was a hero of our time Former foreign secretary Malcolm Rifkind pays tribute to a great statesman
Salon · Aug 31, 2022 Mikhail Gorbachev dies at 91 He opened the Soviet system — and destroyed it. UN head calls him a "statesman who changed the course of history"
The Guardian - US · Aug 31, 2022 Gorbachev and Reagan: the capitalist and communist who helped end the cold war Former Reagan administration officials pay tribute to unlikely pair who shared a determination to pull the world back from the brink of a superpower war
Evening Standard · Aug 31, 2022 In pictures: Mikhail Gorbachev - man who helped end the Cold War was feted in the west The lifelong communist took the reins at a tense time in the Cold War but eventually presided over the demise of the Soviet Union.
The Conversation · Aug 31, 2022 'A consequential but ultimately tragic figure': last leader of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev dies aged 91 Few world leaders have cut a more consequential but ultimately tragic figure than Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, whose death at the age of 91 has been announced by Russian state media.
The Guardian - AU · Aug 31, 2022 Mikhail Gorbachev: tributes pour in for ‘one-of-a kind’ Soviet leader Western leaders and historians praise former Soviet president, while Russian reaction to his death was much cooler
Al Jazeera · Aug 31, 2022 ‘One of a kind’: World reactions to death of Mikhail Gorbachev The last Soviet leader brought an end to the Cold War, but his reforms accelerated the break up of the USSR.
Al Jazeera · Aug 30, 2022 Mikhail Gorbachev: The rise and fall of the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who has died aged 91, was revered in West but criticised by many Russians for overseeing end of USSR.
The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2022 Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet leader who helped end the Cold War and changed the world forever, dies aged 91 Last leader of Soviet Union passes away after long illness