June 2019

What Is Democratic Socialism? Whose Version Are We Talking About?

Politics /

Ultimately, though, Sweden isn’t what democratic socialists like Bhaskar Sunkara, editor of Jacobin magazine, a quarterly socialist journal, are looking for. “We come from the same tradition,” he said of democratic socialists and social democrats. But generally, he added, social democrats see a role for private capital in their ideal system, and democratic socialists do […]

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Van Gogh: York to host UK projection premiere on artist’s work

Entertainment /

Image copyright Chadi Abou Sariya Image caption Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience has already been showcased in Belgium and Italy The UK premiere of an immersive 360-degree projection display inspired by the paintings of Vincent Van Gogh is to be held in York. More than 200 animated paintings will be projected onto walls, floors and

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Grunewald, runner with cancer who inspired many, dies at 32

Sports /

Gabriele Grunewald, one of the country’s top middle-distance runners, has died at her home in Minneapolis after inspiring many with her long and public fight against cancer. She was 32. Her husband, Justin Grunewald, posted on Instagram about her death late Tuesday and confirmed it Wednesday in a text to The Associated Press. Grunewald, who

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2012 Olympic silver medalist disqualified for steroid use

Sports /

Olympic canoe silver medalist Jevgenij Shuklin has been disqualified from the 2012 London Games for doping. The International Olympic Committee says the Lithuanian has been stripped of his result in the canoe sprint C-1 200-meter class after testing positive for the steroid turinabol in reanalysis of urine samples taken seven years ago. The IOC’s latest

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