WARSAW, Poland — Dariusz Stola began working with Poland’s anti-communist Solidarity movement in 1983. He was just 19 but already appalled by the way the regime imposed its harsh censorship, not just ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

A generation ago, Poland rationed sugar and flour, with its citizens earning a tenth of West German wages. Today, its economy has edged past Switzerland to become the world’s 20th largest, boasting ...

Bill Maher criticizes communism on Club Random after Paul Anka shares memories of performing in Poland and Czechoslovakia ...

The Palace of Culture and Science is located in downtown Warsaw. With many people today criticizing capitalism, I decided to ...

I love exploring Poland by rail. When I heard about a new back-to-the-80s service, I booked a retro seat ...

A month ago, chuckling gleefully over the U.S. recession, Russia’s Nikita Khrushchev trotted out a timeworn Communist taunt: “Unemployment is the inevitable companion of capitalism.” Last week, in the ...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Polish state broadcaster on Saturday suspended a television journalist who, during the Olympic Games opening ceremony, reacted to a performance of John Lennon’s “Imagine” by ...

SOPOT, Poland (Reuters) - When Jacek Krawczyk was growing up in then-communist Poland, the government was happy to train him in karate and acrobatics. He did not imagine that one day he would become a ...

WARSAW, PolandWARSAW, Poland — Dariusz Stola began working with Poland’s anti-communist Solidarity movement in 1983. He was just 19 but already appalled by the way the regime imposed its harsh ...