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American nuclear physicist and father of the atom bomb J. Robert Oppenheimer is pictured in the 1940s.

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J. Robert Oppenheimer's security clearance was wrongly revoked, energy secretary says

6:28pm December 17, 2022

by Giulia Heyward

J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, lost his security clearance "through a flawed process that violated the Commission's own regulations," according to the Department of Energy.

Ukrainian citizens hold posters and national flags during a demonstration in support of Ukraine outside the Russian Embassy in Lima, Peru, on Friday.

World News

Opinion: Our world's chilling return to authoritarianism

10:26am February 26, 2022

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon recalls the years of the Cold War, its aftermath and how hopes for a freer world seem to have dimmed.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) with Premier Li Keqiang (left) and members of the Politburo Standing Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on the eve of China's National Day on Sept. 30.

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Not invited to Biden's democracy summit, China launches a propaganda blitz

4:20pm December 09, 2021

President Biden's Summit for Democracy has kicked off. China is not invited — but it's still trying to project its own narratives about democracy.

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Demonstrators hold banners in support of workers at the Jasic Technology factory in Shenzhen, in China's Guangdong province, on Aug. 6.

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In China, The Communist Party's Latest, Unlikely Target: Young Marxists

10:52am November 21, 2018

by Rob Schmitz

Chinese authorities are cracking down on student activists, exposing a paradox between a state founded on Marxist principles and the young people it calls upon to carry them out.