Holocaust

The fact that she played the cello may be the reason Holocaust survivor Anita Lasker-Wallfisch is alive today, she says, as she recounts her experiences at the heart of one of the worst genocides in history.The lost music of the HolocaustAs 60 Minutes reported Sunday in "The Lost Music," Lasker-Wallfisch…

In a March essay for The Atlantic, Harvard law professor Adrian Vermeule argued that the American right should abandon constitutional originalism for “common-good constitutionalism,” a legal approach aimed unapologetically at establishing a conservative moral order. “The Court’s jurisprudence on free speech, abortion, sexual liberties, and related matters will prove vulnerable…

Editor’s note: I was trawling the often toxic environs of the internet this morning before even getting out of bed (always a mistake). I came across the eventual and usual cross-section of vitriol and rhetoric. Much of it turns to conspiracy of all types. Some of which I find useful,…

Photo: JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images.The idea that trauma can be passed down from generation to generation is a new-ish one. The concept of intergenerational trauma was first recognized around 1966, as psychologists began to study children and grandchildren of people who had survived the Holocaust. One study from 1988…

Right-wing pastor Curt Landry, who told people last month to avoid potential COVID-19 vaccines because they’re from the “pit of Hell” and urged people to trust Donald Trump over Dr. Anthony Fauci since God chose Trump, is now saying Satan wants Trump out of office in order to carry out…

What a detailed memory she has! A difficult read, but fantastic (and I'm not even done).posted by stevil at 5:12 PM on May 27 Wow, amazing read. Thank you for sharing.posted by Cuke at 6:56 PM on May 27 Woooooow. I don't know what to say.posted by medusa at 7:40…

For more than 20 years, Drew Daniel has been making playful and conceptual dance music as one half of the Baltimore-based duo Matmos. Ever since 2003, Daniel has also been making playful and conceptual dance music on his own under the name the Soft Pink Truth. Just a few weeks…

Latest6/3/20, 1:30 AM CESTIn Europe, we also can’t breatheSo why are we protesting police brutality in the US but not at home?6/2/20, 4:26 PM CESTHouse of Commons bans virtual voting, opts for a queueUK MPs back plan to require them to vote in person.6/2/20, 4:14 PM CESTMEP takes part in…

BERLIN (AP) — Anti-Semitic crimes in Germany last year reached their highest level since the country started keeping statistics, amid an overall strong increase in right-extremist criminality that is a cause for “great concern,” Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said Wednesday.Overall, politically-motivated crimes were up 14.2% in 2019 over the previous…

Anti-vaxxers, conspiracy theorists, and activists with very different political views have come together to voice their anger at Germany's pandemic measures.While the protests still represent a minority of people, public health experts are becoming concerned that people are developing negative attitudes towards vaccines.Anger has also been directed at Microsoft founder…