You are here: Homepage Countries USA Themen All Themes From To filter Judge Abby Abinanti is a member of the Yurok, an indigenous community in Northern California, and has worked for Californian state courts for many years Photo: private Indigenous justice | USA “These days, we have very few trials” Judge Abby Abinanti worked for decades in both U.S. state courts and the Yurok Tribal Court. She says many lessons can be learnt from her community’s close-knit approach to justice Interview with Abby Abinanti 09/20/2023 Photo: Iqra Shabaz Fiction | USA “Americans blame poverty on the poor” In his debut novel, Jakob Guanzon explores the reality of the “working poor” in the US. An interview about fathers and sons, money troubles and the dangerous legacy of the American Dream Interview with Jakob Guanzon 06/01/2023 Sean Sherman is a chef and food activist. For many years, he has dedicated himself to rediscovering and reconstructing the cuisine of the Sioux and Lakota First Nations. In Minneapolis, he runs the restaurant “Owamni”, which serves indigenous cuisine only. Photo: Nate Ryan Indigenous culture | USA “My cuisine is decolonised” The restaurant Owamni in Minneapolis is one of the best in the USA. Its owner Sean Sherman is both a chef and an activist. On serving food with explosive political power Interview with Sean Sherman 01/09/2023 Scene of a hike in the Spanish comarca Sierra de Cazorla Photo: Antoine Bruy Dropouts Beyond civilisation In search of people who have had enough of big city life, the French photographer Antoine Bruy has traveled through Europe and North America. The result is the visually stunning photo series “Scrublands,” in which he documents people who opt out of society, depicting their everyday lives By Antoine Bruy 01/09/2023 The folk-punk musician Sunny War Photo: Randl Steinberger Talking point | USA Why do we need a right to abortion? By Sunny War 10/01/2022 The writer and journalist was born in Khartoum, Sudan. She won the Bernard Cohen Short Story Prize and the Miriam Weinberg Richter Award for her texts Foto: Marie Constantinesco Time | Sudan and USA Against white time Linear, efficient and punctual: that's how the Western world ticks. But can't time be understood and used differently, for example as it is in Sudan? By Fatin Abbas 10/01/2022 Two sisters Illustration: Thomas Weyres Letters of loss | Afghanistan A letter to my dead sister Our anonymous author’s sister was a journalist who was murdered on the street by the Taliban. This is her attempt to say farewell 10/01/2022 From the event Being Sensitive at the Stuttgart Literaturhaus, with Naika Foroutan (on the wall screen) and Svenja Flaßpöhler (right), moderated by Jenny Friedrich-Freksa (left) Photo: Literaturhaus Stuttgart Black and white thinking Changing our mindset Who has the right to speak and what can be said? The philosopher Svenja Flaßpöhler and the sociologist Naika Foroutan discuss inclusive language, and the fight for equality. A conversation. Interview with Svenja Flaßpöhler, Naika Foroutan 04/14/2022 [Translate to English:] Foto: Denys Meak Black and white thinking “Diversity is not an end in itself” Many voices are still not to be found in the mainstream media. Journalist Karen Attiah discusses how debates around cancel culture are accelerating our debates around diversity. A conversation By Karen Attiah 04/14/2022 A protester in the Senate chamber of the U.S. Capitol, which was stormed during a congressional confirmation hearing for the 2020 presidential election, in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 06, 2021 Photo: Getty Images / Win McNamee / Staff Social media | USA Where communication is chaotic How can social media guarantee that their digital spaces are democratic? A proposal By Nicole Curato 04/14/2022 Writer and lecturer Maaza Mengiste Photo: Annette Riedl / dpa / picture alliance Talking point | Fiction With respect How to write about things you haven’t experienced yourself. By Maaza Mengiste 04/14/2022 Racism researcher Ibram X. Kendi Photo: Stephen Voss Black and white thinking “We are constantly misrepresented” Have we forgotten how to argue? Racism researcher Ibram x. Kendi on polarized debates, personal hostility and his own prejudices. A conversation Interview with Ibram X. Kendi 04/14/2022 BL Shirelle at a performance. The musician and current co-director of DJC Records served ten years in prison herself Photo: DJC Records Pop culture | USA “A new prison built every ten days” Songs that break down walls: Poet Fury Young and musician BL Shirelle run a record label for people behind bars. Interview with BL Shirelle, Fury Young 04/14/2022 Feminist foreign policy: as rare as a gorilla at the negotiating table? Photo: John Lund / Getty Images Books | Feminist foreign policy Who deserves a seat at the negotiating table? The future of foreign policy is feminist, says activist and author Kristina Lunz in her new book. But what is she actually talking about? By Delara Burkhardt 04/14/2022 Underground graffiti artwork Photo: Will Hunt Life underground The dark zone We know only a fraction of what lies beneath our feet. Yet we are more closely connected to the depths than we realise By Will Hunt 01/07/2022 Image from photo series “Hell on Wheels: Photographs from the New York Underground 1977-1984” Foto: Willy Spiller Life underground | USA The New York Subway: A-Train to hell? From a symbol of prosperity to a lawless space: New York’s underground has changed with the city. A journey through its history By Stefan Höhne 01/07/2022 The visible consequences of a survived earthquake Die sichtbaren Folgen eines überstandenen Erdbebens Photo: Getty Images Earth quake | USA Ground shaking The world around you starts to vibrate – that only happens elsewhere, you think. Until it happens to you. Reflections on an extraordinary day By Tope Folarin 01/07/2022 The Iraqi National Library was looted and set on fire in 2003. Thousands of historical documents were destroyed Photo: Mario Tama / Getty Images Books | Cultural history Burning the books Libraries, archives and manuscripts: ever since they have existed, they have also been at risk. Librarian Richard Ovenden has written a history of their destruction By Shamil Jeppie 01/07/2022 Patrick Gourneau, grandfather of the author and inspiration for the novel's character Thomas Photo: State Historical Society of North Dakota Books | USA Statutory eradication Louise Erdrich talks about resistance by indigenous peoples in 1950s America By Gundula Haage 10/01/2021 For a crocheted sleeping mat you need 700 plastic bags and a hundred hours of work Photo: Seth McConnel / Denver Post / Getty Images Make it yourself! A mattress made out of plastic bags Debbie Barberee and Holly Cypret from Florida turn plastic bags into mattresses for sleeping. A conversation. By Debbie Barberee, Holly Cypret 10/01/2021
Judge Abby Abinanti is a member of the Yurok, an indigenous community in Northern California, and has worked for Californian state courts for many years Photo: private Indigenous justice | USA “These days, we have very few trials” Judge Abby Abinanti worked for decades in both U.S. state courts and the Yurok Tribal Court. She says many lessons can be learnt from her community’s close-knit approach to justice Interview with Abby Abinanti 09/20/2023
Photo: Iqra Shabaz Fiction | USA “Americans blame poverty on the poor” In his debut novel, Jakob Guanzon explores the reality of the “working poor” in the US. An interview about fathers and sons, money troubles and the dangerous legacy of the American Dream Interview with Jakob Guanzon 06/01/2023
Sean Sherman is a chef and food activist. For many years, he has dedicated himself to rediscovering and reconstructing the cuisine of the Sioux and Lakota First Nations. In Minneapolis, he runs the restaurant “Owamni”, which serves indigenous cuisine only. Photo: Nate Ryan Indigenous culture | USA “My cuisine is decolonised” The restaurant Owamni in Minneapolis is one of the best in the USA. Its owner Sean Sherman is both a chef and an activist. On serving food with explosive political power Interview with Sean Sherman 01/09/2023
Scene of a hike in the Spanish comarca Sierra de Cazorla Photo: Antoine Bruy Dropouts Beyond civilisation In search of people who have had enough of big city life, the French photographer Antoine Bruy has traveled through Europe and North America. The result is the visually stunning photo series “Scrublands,” in which he documents people who opt out of society, depicting their everyday lives By Antoine Bruy 01/09/2023
The folk-punk musician Sunny War Photo: Randl Steinberger Talking point | USA Why do we need a right to abortion? By Sunny War 10/01/2022
The writer and journalist was born in Khartoum, Sudan. She won the Bernard Cohen Short Story Prize and the Miriam Weinberg Richter Award for her texts Foto: Marie Constantinesco Time | Sudan and USA Against white time Linear, efficient and punctual: that's how the Western world ticks. But can't time be understood and used differently, for example as it is in Sudan? By Fatin Abbas 10/01/2022
Two sisters Illustration: Thomas Weyres Letters of loss | Afghanistan A letter to my dead sister Our anonymous author’s sister was a journalist who was murdered on the street by the Taliban. This is her attempt to say farewell 10/01/2022
From the event Being Sensitive at the Stuttgart Literaturhaus, with Naika Foroutan (on the wall screen) and Svenja Flaßpöhler (right), moderated by Jenny Friedrich-Freksa (left) Photo: Literaturhaus Stuttgart Black and white thinking Changing our mindset Who has the right to speak and what can be said? The philosopher Svenja Flaßpöhler and the sociologist Naika Foroutan discuss inclusive language, and the fight for equality. A conversation. Interview with Svenja Flaßpöhler, Naika Foroutan 04/14/2022
[Translate to English:] Foto: Denys Meak Black and white thinking “Diversity is not an end in itself” Many voices are still not to be found in the mainstream media. Journalist Karen Attiah discusses how debates around cancel culture are accelerating our debates around diversity. A conversation By Karen Attiah 04/14/2022
A protester in the Senate chamber of the U.S. Capitol, which was stormed during a congressional confirmation hearing for the 2020 presidential election, in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 06, 2021 Photo: Getty Images / Win McNamee / Staff Social media | USA Where communication is chaotic How can social media guarantee that their digital spaces are democratic? A proposal By Nicole Curato 04/14/2022
Writer and lecturer Maaza Mengiste Photo: Annette Riedl / dpa / picture alliance Talking point | Fiction With respect How to write about things you haven’t experienced yourself. By Maaza Mengiste 04/14/2022
Racism researcher Ibram X. Kendi Photo: Stephen Voss Black and white thinking “We are constantly misrepresented” Have we forgotten how to argue? Racism researcher Ibram x. Kendi on polarized debates, personal hostility and his own prejudices. A conversation Interview with Ibram X. Kendi 04/14/2022
BL Shirelle at a performance. The musician and current co-director of DJC Records served ten years in prison herself Photo: DJC Records Pop culture | USA “A new prison built every ten days” Songs that break down walls: Poet Fury Young and musician BL Shirelle run a record label for people behind bars. Interview with BL Shirelle, Fury Young 04/14/2022
Feminist foreign policy: as rare as a gorilla at the negotiating table? Photo: John Lund / Getty Images Books | Feminist foreign policy Who deserves a seat at the negotiating table? The future of foreign policy is feminist, says activist and author Kristina Lunz in her new book. But what is she actually talking about? By Delara Burkhardt 04/14/2022
Underground graffiti artwork Photo: Will Hunt Life underground The dark zone We know only a fraction of what lies beneath our feet. Yet we are more closely connected to the depths than we realise By Will Hunt 01/07/2022
Image from photo series “Hell on Wheels: Photographs from the New York Underground 1977-1984” Foto: Willy Spiller Life underground | USA The New York Subway: A-Train to hell? From a symbol of prosperity to a lawless space: New York’s underground has changed with the city. A journey through its history By Stefan Höhne 01/07/2022
The visible consequences of a survived earthquake Die sichtbaren Folgen eines überstandenen Erdbebens Photo: Getty Images Earth quake | USA Ground shaking The world around you starts to vibrate – that only happens elsewhere, you think. Until it happens to you. Reflections on an extraordinary day By Tope Folarin 01/07/2022
The Iraqi National Library was looted and set on fire in 2003. Thousands of historical documents were destroyed Photo: Mario Tama / Getty Images Books | Cultural history Burning the books Libraries, archives and manuscripts: ever since they have existed, they have also been at risk. Librarian Richard Ovenden has written a history of their destruction By Shamil Jeppie 01/07/2022
Patrick Gourneau, grandfather of the author and inspiration for the novel's character Thomas Photo: State Historical Society of North Dakota Books | USA Statutory eradication Louise Erdrich talks about resistance by indigenous peoples in 1950s America By Gundula Haage 10/01/2021
For a crocheted sleeping mat you need 700 plastic bags and a hundred hours of work Photo: Seth McConnel / Denver Post / Getty Images Make it yourself! A mattress made out of plastic bags Debbie Barberee and Holly Cypret from Florida turn plastic bags into mattresses for sleeping. A conversation. By Debbie Barberee, Holly Cypret 10/01/2021
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