Tag: story
September 11th – how the US distanced itself from its values - culture
Surveillance mania, torture, killings: How the US moved away from its values after September 11th. And never found your way back completely, as a glance at Kabul shows today. Of…
Royal fool: Lothar Machtan’s book on the Hohenzollern dispute – culture
On a foggy autumn morning, Kaiser Wilhelm II left the Great Headquarters in Spa and went into exile in Holland without a sound. It was November 10, 1918, the emperor…
Language historian Horst Simon on changes and gender asterisks – culture
Why is there so bitter argument about the gender star? The language historian Horst Simon explains how language changes, what it reveals about power mechanisms – and about the speakers…
Battle for Kabul: On the History of Military Retreat – Culture
Of Moritz Baumstieger Of course it will now be dug up again. Shown, printed, tweeted – because this picture seems to be the proof: History repeats itself after all. In…
Nixon shock: the end of the gold standard blew up the monetary system – economy
When you hear Richard Nixon, you think of Watergate. The 37th President of the USA remained in the world’s minds as a power-obsessed cynic who wanted to bug the Democratic…
Herfried Münkler: “Marx, Wagner, Nietzsche. World in Transition” – Culture
In the emptying field between intellectuality and politics, Herfried Münkler is Germany’s most famous professor. This Sunday he celebrates his 70th birthday, and that’s not the only reason why you…
Munich: 60 years of building the wall – waiting to leave the GDR – Munich
Torsten Sowa grew up in the GDR, at the age of about 20 it was clear: he wanted to leave. Since his grandfather lived in the West, that was conceivable…
55 Voices of Democracy: Melissa Chan on Democracy – Culture
Security, education, co-determination: Democracy is an abstract word, but those who make an effort are also committed to ensuring that the banal things in life work. In the autumn of…
The story behind “Fémè boutik”, the battle cry that led the Blue to the Olympic title
From our special correspondent in Tokyo, Sometimes an Olympic gold medal comes down to nothing. Often even. For the handball players, crowned this Sunday against Russia for the first time…
Podcast “Wild Wild Web – The Kim Dotcom Story” – Media
The world this podcast is about no longer exists. Wild Wild Web – The Kim Dotcom Story tells of the beginnings of digitization, when the internet was still a thing…