News in Brief Viewfinder: Protests in Germany Against Afghanistan Refugee Deportation People protest against the deportation flight of refugees to Afghanistan at the airport in Düsseldorf, Germany, on January 23rd, 2018. Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Germany’s ‘Grand Coalition’ Could Be a Boost to the Far Right While political cooperation is usually seen as a positive thing, in Germany bipartisanship could have negative side effects. Sarah Elise Wiliarty
News in Brief Viewfinder: Mourning Murder in Germany Candles and flowers are displayed outside a grocery store on January 2nd, 2018, where a 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death by her ex-boyfriend in the western German town of Kandel. Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Viewfinder: The Melting Snowmen of Germany Snowmen stand on a field in Bielefeld, northwestern Germany. Pacific Standard Staff
COP23 Environment How Germany Can Lead on Climate, Despite Setbacks The country's clean-energy transition has stalled somewhat, but the Green Party's rise to power is spurring hopes for a quick phase-out of coal. Bob Berwyn
Social Justice For Migrant Homeless, Berlin Offers a One-Way Ticket Out Faced with a growing housing problem, Berlin boroughs have started to pay for homeless E.U. migrants to return to their native country. Feargus O'Sullivan
COP23 Environment The Two Faces of U.S. Negotiations at COP23 What happens when the biggest player in global climate change disappears? The world is about to find out. Lucia Graves
News in Brief Facebook’s Political Ad Problem Spreads to Europe German officials are asking questions after illegal and inflammatory political ads appeared on the platform during the country's recent elections. Stefanie Dodt, Jeff Larson & Julia Angwin
News in Brief What’s Behind the Rising Popularity of Germany’s Far Right? The recent electoral success of the ultra-conservative AfD has experts trying to discover what's behind the shift to the right. Elena Souris
Social Justice On the Front Lines of Antifascism With Teens in Eastern Germany What German antifa can teach its American counterparts. Morgan Meaker