Tired of Europeans Scolding the U.S. For Our Inequality? Talk German Soccer.

The NFL Is a Socialist Paradise Compared to the Soccer Leagues of Europe

Don’t let Europeans self-righteously lecture you about inequality in America—especially not Germans. If you compare the American and German professional “football” leagues each society considers truly important, you quickly arrive at a startling conclusion: Germans are far more tolerant of inequality than Americans.

Bayern Munich, the perennial powerhouse of the German Bundesliga, is this year’s champion … again. Over 51 seasons, Bayern has won the championship 23 times. This season is still ongoing, mind you, but the Bayern steamroller clinched the title on March 25, with seven games left to go, …

by Andrés Martinez | May 5, 2014

Rely on Angela Merkel; Don’t Rely on the Fed

New York Times Columnist Roger Cohen on Germany’s Election and A Discussion of What’s Next for the U.S. Economy

Hosted by Anne-Marie Slaughter | September 26, 2013

New York Times columnist Roger Cohen—formerly a Berlin-based correspondent—talks with Anne-Marie Slaughter about Angela Merkel’s victory in Germany and how it will affect the nation’s place on the world stage. New …

The Wounds Left By Surveillance

The Stasi Has Been Gone Over Two Decades. Germans Still Haven't Come To Terms With It.

by Ralf-Uwe Beck | July 15, 2013

There were a few things the Stasi never found out about me. One was the mini-laboratory.

I was a Lutheran pastor and underground environmental activist in the German Democratic Republic, and …

How’d That German-Owned House Get Up on An L.A. Hill?

The Villa Aurora’s Long Journey from Newspaper Demonstration to Intellectual Haven of Pacific Palisades

by Katja Gimpel and Mona Leirich | June 26, 2013

In 1927, the Los Angeles Times, in cooperation with the investors Arthur A. Weber and George Ley, built a “demonstration home” in Pacific Palisades. The project was supposed to attract …

The Germany I Could Not Hate

It Was the Place That Exiled and Killed My Ancestors, But It Felt Like Home

by Caroline Esser | September 11, 2012

From the moment I settled into my window seat on a plane destined for Frankfurt, it was a vacation riddled with contradictory feelings. My dad’s business trip this past July …

German Guilt Wears Thin

If It Becomes a Normal Country, Where Does That Leave Europe (And Me!)?

by Gregory Rodriguez | October 2, 2011

My German 3 summer school instructor at Berkeley once pulled me aside after class to accuse me of having a deep-seated hatred toward all things German. Irritated, I told her, …

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