Özcan Mutlu, a member of Germany’s Bundestag, says that while in America eclectic heritages are sources of pride, in Germany, you’re either German or you’re not. He spoke at the Zócalo Public Square/Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft/NPR Berlin event, “What Does Muslim Integration Look Like?”
On December 9, 1983, Jacob Ehrbahn rocked out like he’d never rocked out before.
He was 13, a suburban Dane who’d never been to a metal concert. The Scorpions—a year …
In 2013, wildlife photographer Steve Winter captured an arresting scene for National Geographic: a burly male mountain lion, ambling across a dirt trail in the mountains at night, with …
I did not set out to document murals of Martin Luther King Jr. in American cities such as New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Detroit. I just happened to find …
The Mock Turtle, the Cheshire Cat, Tweedledum, the White Queen: Few books have given us as many memorable characters as Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking …
In 2011, I visited the magnificent Amber Fort in Jaipur, in the Rajasthan region of India. The beautiful Hindu-style architecture of the fort is adorned with large ramparts and cobbled …
Wars across Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan have sent millions of refugees fleeing to Europe in recent years, the majority of them Muslims. How to integrate these refugees into liberal (but …
“If we now have to start apologizing for showing a friendly face in response to emergency situations, then that’s not my country.” With these words, German Chancellor Angela Merkel defended …
The Brooklyn Bridge was truly an American project embodying a certain American ideal. And people celebrated that fact from the start.
On May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge—after 14 years of …
The pastry shop Cup Cakes Cologne has put two fancy cakes in its shop window. One cake shows German chancellor Angela Merkel in the style of a red angel. The …
