Tag: germany
Why we’ll miss George H.W. Bush, America’s last foreign policy president
James Goldgeier, American University School of International Service
There are many reasons to miss George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States. A...
The early-20th century German trans-rights activist who was decades ahead of...
Elizabeth Heineman, University of Iowa
The Trump administration continues its assault on transgender rights.
In July 2017, Trump sought to bar transgender people from serving in...
Germany’s deep-rooted obsession with saving – a brief history
Imko Meyenburg, Anglia Ruskin University
A small exhibition recently opened in the German Historical Museum in Berlin all about Germany’s love of saving money. It...
Germany enters political no-man’s land as Angela Merkel wrestles with election...
Daniel Hough, University of Sussex
Angela Merkel is in trouble. Serious trouble. Negotiations to form the next German government have collapsed dramatically. Quite where the...
How ‘Germany’s Hugh Hefner’ created an entirely different sort of sex...
Elizabeth Heineman, University of Iowa
Hugh Hefner’s death has reopened bitter debates about his place in history.
Many obituaries in the mainstream media have described him...
For a primer on how to make fun of Nazis, look...
Kevin Hagopian, Pennsylvania State University
White nationalists and neo-Nazis are having their moment. Former Ku Klux Klan Imperial Wizard David Duke is back, yet again,...
How the refugee crisis is playing out on the German stage
Emily Goodling, Stanford University
Since 2015, over one million refugees have entered Germany. As a political event, the so-called refugee crisis continues to...
Why a smooth Brexit is in the interests of Germany as...
John Weeks, SOAS, University of London
There is a general perception in the UK that the remaining EU states, and Germany especially, would...
EXPLORING NATURE
Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...
Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley
I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...
