State elections could spell doom for Germany's oldest party

The Social Democrats were once a "big tent" party, with the support of almost half of Germany's electorate. This year, five ...

Merz’s party stumbles into a year of German state elections with a narrow defeat

Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s party has made a disappointing start to a year packed with German state elections, suffering a narrow defeat in an important industrial region after a prominent candidate ...
The Economist

Germany’s Greens have come back to win in Baden-Württemberg

F IFTEEN YEARS ago the state of Baden-Württemberg sent tremors across Germany by electing the country’s first—and so far only—Green-led government. Two weeks before that vote the Fukushima disaster ...

The Real-Life Story Behind ‘Nuremberg’ And Psychiatrist Douglas Kelley

The post-World War II film "Nuremberg," starring Rami Malek and Russell Crowe, arrived on Netflix this weekend. Here’s what to know about the real-life psychiatrist Douglas Kelley and the Nuremberg ...

German Greens lead Chancellor Merz's conservatives in state election

Germany's environmental Greens took a narrow lead ​over Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservatives in a state election in the ...

Merz Conservatives Face Stiff Test in One-Time German Stronghold

Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservatives are facing an unexpected challenge in their bid to wrest back power in a wealthy southwestern region from the Greens, the first in a series of state electoral ...

Inside Plastic Executives’ Late-20th-Century Campaign to Blame Consumers for Their Industry’s Waste

In 1969, Republican Congressman Paul McCloskey warned executives gathered at a packaging conference that they had to do something about the waste they were creating — “not dispose of it, but reduce ...
The Forward

Berlin groups received $3M to fight antisemitism. What happened to that money?

The Berlin branch of the Christian Democratic Union, the center-right party leading the federal government, is being probed ...

Paulaner Sunset Celebrates Two Years in the U.S., Bringing a 1974 German Cult Classic to 300+ Locations

The Munich-born cola-orange classic marks its second U.S. anniversary with nationwide growth, 300+ accounts, and expanding online availability. The last two years have been a wild ride. Positive ...

Why authoritarianism won't fix corruption in Southeast Asia

As governments across Southeast Asia respond to public anger over corruption, experts warn that crackdowns could serve as an excuse for those in power to punish their rivals and protect vested ...
Opinion

The Republican Party Has a Nazi Problem

The Republicans, it seems, have a bit of a Nazi problem. By this, I mean that some Republicans are deploying Nazi imagery and rhetoric, and espouse ideas associated with the Nazi Party during its rise ...
NPR

Members of Germany's far-right party to attend Munich Security Conference after ban

Members of Germany's far-right AfD Party were banned from attending the Munich Security Conference. On Friday, they'll attend for the first time in years. Leaders from around the world are arriving ...