German states declare war on red tape with 200-point plan

Premiers of Germany's 16 states want to go further— so they drafted a 200- point plan to ease the country's bureaucratic ...
NPR

Far-right party makes large gains in elections in 2 states in eastern Germany

Voters in two states in eastern Germany have given a far-right party its best result since WWII — results that have many worried about a resurgence of anti-immigrant, populist politics in Europe.
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Being Black in Germany has never been easy. Elections in eastern states could make it harder still

The eastern German states of Thuringia, Saxony and Brandenburg are set to elect new parliaments next month, and in all three states the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is ahead in the polls ...
Seattle Times

Being Black in Germany has never been easy. Elections in eastern states could make it harder still

ERFURT, Germany (AP) — It was a balmy summer night in 2020, shortly after the lifting of Germany’s first COVID-19 lockdown, and Omar Diallo and two friends from his home country of Guinea wanted to ...