Months before invading, Russia launched an unconventional warfare campaign against Ukraine. The goal was to destabilize Ukraine’s government and undermine its response to the Russian attack. The Kremlin assumed its plan would work and and still launched the invasion when it didn’t. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in…
James Harithas, a celebrated museum director and founder who viewed curation as a form of activism, highlighting iconoclastic, often socially conscious work both by little-known artists as well as maverick luminaries like Yoko Ono and Nam June Paik, died on March 23. He was 90. His death was confirmed by his sister, Paula Yankopoulos. Mr….
AUBURN, Maine (AP) — Employees of a Maine restaurant got a surprise when they opened a large wooden crate that they thought was a shipment of mugs they had recently ordered. Instead, they found a plastic tote that contained what law enforcement suspect is 14 kilograms (31 pounds) of the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl with…
They arrived just before midnight, carrying machetes and hoes, hammers and sickles, with plans to seize the land. When the 200 activists and farm workers got there, the ranch was vacant, overgrown with weeds, and the farm headquarters empty, except for a stray cow. Now, three months later, it is a bustling village. On a…
A Cornell University communication expert claims that Facebook can be used to reinforce our self-worth. Particularly, users that receive negative feedback in every day life, tend to be instinctively drawn toward their own profiles to enhance their self-esteem and reinforce their sense of self. According to co-author Jeff Hancock, “the extraordinary amount of time…