First, Russia’s engagement with democracy started with Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader. When Gorbachev took power, he started serious efforts to reform the economy (perestroika), free ...

“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” That simple phrase by President Ronald Reagan spoke volumes. It was a call to action to stand up to Communism, fittingly spoken at Brandenburg Gate in ...

While Drake Hogestyn was dying of pancreatic cancer last year, the “Days of Our Lives” cast and crew filmed his character John Black’s funeral as they prepared to say goodbye to the actor ...

Mikhail Gorbachev, who served as the Soviet Union’s final leader and is credited with transitioning the former country, and Eastern Europe, to post-communist governance, died Tuesday. Foreign ...