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The Rosenberg Fund Reports Record-Breaking Year
The Reminder
By Angelica J. Core
January 12, 2021
EASTHAMPTON – In a time of great need, the Rosenberg Fund for Children (RFC) awarded a record-breaking $230,000 in awards in fall 2020 for programs… Read More
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn’ on HBO, a Fascinating Portrait of an American Villain
The Gist: Meeropol’s interviewees reserve their choicest commentary for Roy Cohn: “He was a lawless madman.” “The personification of evil.” “Without conscience.” “Like Dracula coming out of his box… Read More
Where Are Michael and Robert Meeropol Now?
‘Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn’ is a look into the role Roy Cohn played in Julius and Ethel Rosenberg’s espionage trial, and how later he was tied to several prominent political… Read More
Sons of Cold War spies reinvestigate their parents' case
It was called "The Crime of the Century," one of the most famous espionage cases of the Cold War. In 1953, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sent to the electric chair for conspiring to provide… Read More
The Sins of the Father Shall Not Be Visited on the Son
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg's son has devoted his life to aiding children of imprisoned radical leftists. And his work is about to become more urgent than ever.
President Obama did not exonerate Ethel Rosenberg
To the disappointment of many, thousands of individuals and organizations who supported the appeal to President Obama’s conscience in an effort to move him to exonerate Ethel Rosenberg, Obama did not… Read More
Exiting Obama does not act on request to exonerate Ethel Rosenberg
EASTHAMPTON - The sons of accused spy Ethel Rosenberg say they will not give up on their quest to have their mother exonerated, after President Obama left office without acting on their bid.
Sons of Ethel Rosenberg grateful for support, even without a pardon
EASTHAMPTON — A nearly yearlong campaign by Robert and Michael Meeropol urging President Barack Obama to exonerate their mother, Ethel Rosenberg, ended with Obama’s presidency Friday.
Sons of Julius & Ethel Rosenberg Ask Obama to Exonerate Their Mother in Nuclear Spy Case
December 30, 2016
Feds used Ethel Rosenberg as leverage against Soviet spy husband, executed her with insufficient evidence: report
The U.S. government used convicted Soviet spy Ethel Rosenberg as a “pawn” in the case against her atomic-secret-stealing husband despite a lack of evidence, a new inquiry into the execution of the… Read More
Ethel Rosenberg Was Collateral Damage In Soviet Spy Case, Sons Say
Heard on Morning Edition | In 1953, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed on spying convictions. Steve Inskeep talks to Robert and Michael Meeropol, the Rosenberg sons, about their quest to have… Read More
Legal scholars claim new evidence shows Ethel Rosenberg was innocent in infamous spy case
By Brooke Singman, Published December 21, 2016
Son Of Julius And Ethel Rosenberg Seeks Exoneration From Obama
December 13, 2016, Updated 12/14/2016 9:11 AM
Among the last orders of business for outgoing presidents are the presidential pardons, exonerations and sentence commutations.
Michael Dukakis Asks Obama to Exonerate Ethel Rosenberg
Rosenberg was executed with her husband in 1953, but mounting evidence indicates she was not a Soviet spy.
How The Feds Executed My Parents: Michael Meeropol, Son of The Rosenbergs
Dec 9, 2016 - "We speak this week to Michael Meeropol, whose parents, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, were executed by the US government in 1953. We talk about his efforts to clear his mother's name and… Read More
Sons of Ethel Rosenberg Visit White House Dec 1, 2016
Michael and Robert Meeropol, the sons of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, visited the White House on Dec 1, 2016, to deliver their petition asking President Obama to exonerate their mother, signed by over… Read More
Ethel Rosenberg's sons plead with Obama to exonerate mom in spy case
Last Updated Dec 1, 2016 5:04 PM EST