A photo of a photo, taken by the author at the The Belarusian Museum on a research trip to Belarus in 2006. The image shows a Nazi soldier getting his boots shined by boys like the author's father during the occupation of Minsk. (Courtesy Jason Prokowiew)

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May 1, 2024

My father survived starvation as a child. He never forgot what it meant to be hungry

Jason Prokowiew's father was 10 in 1941, when the Nazis that invaded Belarus murdered his mother. How to get food -- and how to survive without it -- became a through line in his survival story. Now, with famine imminent in Gaza, Prokowiew is reminded that living without food is...

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Morning light shines outside The United States Supreme Court building on March 20, 2017 in Washington, D.C.(Zach Gibson/Getty Images)

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Donald Trump is not immune from prosecution for his actions on Jan. 6

Four lower court judges have already concluded that Donald Trump is not immune from the accusations in the government’s January 6 indictment. The Supreme Court is not making its decision in a vacuum, writes former U.S. federal Judge Nancy Gertner.

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