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The Broihanschenke in Remstädt, a village in Thuringia, was empty for a long time. Guido Baumbach, Michael Kreibe, Dirk Hahn from the local football club, and Niklas Golitschek from the town recently helped to renovate the old pub.
Mohamad el-Khatib and his family were forced to flee Eastern Ghouta to Türkiye after the fall of the regime in 2018. Their home was destroyed and their children were taken into care, but they never lost hope and were able to start a new life there.
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Americans are generally cheerful, but even in their brightest moments many of them have been struck by a kind of dread about democracy unravelling. That sentiment is widespread as the country turns 250. John Adams wrote in 1814 that democracy never lasts long and soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself.
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Heather Cox Richardson narrates a newsletter about the history behind today's politics for Letters from an American, her book about the American political history. She also wrote a book about American history called "The History of American Politics".
Kim English has two children aged 18 and 2. She has been writing online since 2007. Kim has two kids left in her home. She will have one when her middle son starts his freshman year of college and the other when her youngest starts his junior year of high school.
Iris Knežević is writing an article for Balkan Diskurs. It is being republished on Global Voices under a content partnership agreement with the Post-Conflict Research Center (PCRC). It is based on non-formal education, training, and civil society initiatives for young people from Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia.
Columbine High School was holding its annual speech-and-debate tournament. James Davis was 14 years old and a freshman at Liberty High School. He wanted to win the competition, but he had never been to one before. The Friday night before the tournament, he went to the basement to practice his speech.