Democracy & Social Policy

This Pride Month, defending democracy means defending trans rights. As anti-trans laws surge and political attacks escalate, the rollback of LGBTQIA+ freedoms is becoming a core strategy of authoritarianism both in the US and abroad.

Thousands protest in Washington against poverty. In one of the richest countries in the world, they don't have lobbyists.

Recently, German security forces uncovered a right wing coup attempt and prevented a violent storming of parliament in Berlin. How great is the danger posed by right-wing extremists in Germany and what must happen politically to protect democracy in Germany?

In 2022, our internship program started again, study tours traveled once more, and we deepened our work in every program area - alongside so much more!

Madeleine Hofmann's articles covered young progressives bringing new voices to politics in the US and Germany

Justin Reid gives his opinion on the prison-turned-museum Andreasstraße

German remembrance culture can be criticized with good arguments. But we should recognize its complex and contradictory antecedents and origins.

Building a Diverse and Inclusive Culture of Remembrance (DAICOR) is a reciprocal transatlantic exchange program for individuals with a professional interest in the promotion of an inclusive and progressive culture of remembrance in public spaces in Germany and the United States.

In both the US and Germany, the growing shortage of affordable housing is increasingly reaching into the middle class and impacting broad swaths of society—increasing the pressure on policymakers to implement solutions.

Support for Georgia’s LGBTQ+ community is popular in the international community, but is it what Georgia needs?