“Two Prosecutors,” “Palestine ’36,” and the Tribulations of Resistance in the Thirties

“Two Prosecutors,” “Palestine ’36,” and the Tribulations of Resistance in the Thirties

By the time Kornev is finally ushered into the cell of Stepniak (a mesmerizing Aleksandr Filippenko), there’s no sense of triumph or even anticipation about what he will discover. Stepniak’s account is terrifying, though not terribly surprising: he is one of many Old Bolsheviks who have been strategically targeted by Stalin’s regime, and his “vital…

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Bodycam video of Justin Timberlake's DWI arrest on Long Island to be released

Bodycam video of Justin Timberlake’s DWI arrest on Long Island to be released

Bodycam video footage of Justin Timberlake’s June 2024 DWI arrest on Long Island will be released to the media, court records show.  The footage will be partially redacted. Timberlake’s legal team previously sued the Village of Sag Harbor to prevent the release, claiming it showed the pop star “in an acutely vulnerable state” and “would cause severe…

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