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In the metal bands Sleep and High on Fire, Matt Pike has always looked to esoteric sources. Over the last decade, however, he's found inspiration in the conspiracy theories of David Icke.

Matt Pike overcame long odds to find success in metal bands Sleep and High on Fire. But his deepening obsession with conspiracy theories has created a dissonant riff.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks via video during the opening of the Cannes film festival on Tuesday.

Zelenskyy urges Cannes filmmakers not to be silent

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave an impassioned speech via video at the Cannes film festival. He asked them to emulate Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator in which he mocked Hitler.

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a Christmas liturgy at the Transfiguration Cathedral in St. Petersburg early on Jan. 7, 2020. In the U.S., Orthodox Christianity is a relatively small faith tradition, but in recent years, it has expanded to new regions. Some new converts are using the religion to spread white nationalist views.

Orthodox Christian churches are drawing in far-right American converts

Orthodox Christianity is a relatively small faith tradition in the U.S., but in recent years it has expanded to new regions. Some new converts are using the religion to spread white nationalist views.

A growing number of white nationalists identify with Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke in Moscow's Red Square during a Victory Day celebration, telling troops that they are fighting in Ukraine "so that nobody forgets the lessons of World War II."

Walter Duranty, pictured in 1936 at a luncheon given in his honor by the Association of Foreign Press Correspondents at the Hotel Lombardy in New York, repeatedly defended Soviet Premier Josef Stalin.

'The New York Times' can't shake the cloud over a 90-year-old Pulitzer Prize

In 1932, The New York Times' Walter Duranty won a Pulitzer for stories defending Soviet policies that led to the deaths of millions of Ukrainians. The Times disavows his work but not the prize.

Smoke rises from the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, on Thursday. Heavy fighting is raging at the besieged steel plant as Russian forces attempt to finish off the city's last-ditch defenders and complete the capture of the strategically vital port.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (May 5)

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Adolf Hitler inspects the new Volkswagen 'people's car' after laying the foundation stone of the new Volkswagen works in 1938. On Hitler's left is the car's designer Ferdinand "Ferry" Porsche.

Germany pledged to 'never forget' the Holocaust. Its car companies complicate that

The Nazi legacies of Germany's wealthiest families highlight the country's challenge to make good on its commitment to "never forget" the Holocaust, according to author David de Jong.

Hryhorii, a member of the Ukrainian military, hugs his wife Oksana, whom he had not seen for nearly a year, after she fled from the Russian-occupied Novomykhailivka village and arrived by car at an evacuation point for people fleeing Mariupol, Melitopol and the surrounding towns under Russian control, on Monday, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (May 2)

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Charlie Chaplin in <em>The Great Dictator. </em>

Hollywood and tyrants: How filmmakers take on the powerful

A look at how Hollywood has depicted authoritarians, from Duck Soup to The Last King of Scotland.

New book examines the link between German business families and Nazi fortunes

NPR's Rob Schmitz talks with writer David de Jong about his new book that explores the relationship between Nazism and some of Germany's wealthiest families.

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