The re-opening of a 1970s murder case this summer shocked Germans of all political stripes. CLAY RISEN considers how the country’soften violentleftist roots relate to its sense of self. (Letters From Berlin | October 14, 2009)
Nearly 20 years after reunification, CLAY RISEN takes a trip into the German countryside and finds that the past persists: murder and prostitutes and birthday parties, and plenty of wild boar. (Letters From Berlin | September 22, 2009)
Inspired by the local architecture and the beer-swilling, chain-smoking new parents, our man in Berlin, CLAY RISEN, discovers equal parts Chicago and New York in Germany’s largest city. (Letters From Berlin | September 3, 2009)
Anarchy is dying in Berlin, and Tina Turner swung the axe. Beginning a new series, CLAY RISEN reports from a park full of arsonists, punks, and frotteurs. (Letters From Berlin | August 20, 2009)