Thursday, January 22, 2026

Tag: Germany

When the term ‘genocide’ falls short

It is not enough for national governments to "recognize" a Palestinian state. It is time to compel Israel, via sanctions, diplomacy, and UN enforcement, to stop the killing and any talk of forced relocation.

Berlin lawyers launch legal battle to halt German arms sales to...

Citing potential violations of international law, this legal challenge seeks to uphold Germany's constitutional commitment to protecting human life and questions the ethical implications of supplying weaponry in a conflict-ridden region.

55 percent of Germany’s power in 2023 came from renewables

“Wind farms—especially those on land—made the largest contribution.”

What is more evil than pure evil?

“Rationalization is the evil step-brother of rationality.”

Germany to shut down its last remaining nuclear reactors

Germany’s decision comes as it is trying to phase out coal, which still generates a third of its electricity, by 2038 at the latest

US follows Germany’s lead to send battle tanks to Ukraine

The U.S. agreed to send 31 tanks, and Germany agreed to 14.

Germany deserves a big share of the blame for the disaster...

Berlin should step up and end the war in Ukraine.

Germany’s new wildflower meadows offer urban safe havens to bees and...

thanks to wildflower meadows being planted precisely to reverse precipitous declines in insect populations.

Immigrants to the rescue

It’s useful to bear the German experience in mind as the United States once again tackles its own “immigration crisis.”

Germany begins trial for universal basic income

Germany will provide the citizens a monthly stipend of €1,200, or about $1,430, which is just above the country's poverty level.

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Trump’s second term delivers massive gains for billionaires as working Americans face cuts and...

New data and polling show wealth surging at the top under Donald Trump while healthcare, food assistance, and affordability erode for millions.

What’s it going to take to get to mass strikes?

General strikes can have a tremendous impact, but to succeed they require an organized majority.

Ending republican control will require overcoming the democratic leadership

The last 12 months have shown that Donald Trump’s party is bent on methodically inflicting vast cruelty and injustice while aiming to crush what’s left of democracy and the rule of law.

How much ego-serving cataclysm must MAGA Trumpism wreak—before fierce adversaries resist?

Looking older, bedraggled and more deranged, Trump is running out of laws, rules, thresholds, institutions, alliances and Congressionally-mandated programs to burn down.

World to exceed 1.5°C heating threshold, extreme urgency for fossil fuel phaseout in new...

Current emissions trajectories mean the remaining "carbon budget" for a 50 percent chance of staying below 1.5°C will likely be depleted by 2030.