Die afroamerikanische Dichterin und Aktivistin Audre Lorde war oft in Berlin. Sie gab Lesungen und Uni-Seminare und ermutigte schwarze Frauen, ihre Geschichte zu erzählen. 2024 wäre sie 90 Jahre alt geworden. Nun wird sie mit einer Straße gewürdigt.

PROTEST UNTER DEM MOTTO „DEMOKRATIE VERTEIDIGEN: ZUSAMMEN GEGEN RECHTS“

The German government has adopted an action plan against antisemitism that is being described as a milestone. But much depends on its implementation, with antisemitic hate speech on the rise.

Die Bezirksverordnetenversammlung hat entschieden: Geehrt wird künftig eine amerikanische Dichterin statt eines preußischen Demokratiegegners.

Last month, the Justice Ministry presented a draft of the bill, which aims to shield debtors and businesses from insolvency in the wake of the coronavirus. While the bill drew little attention at the time, the draft language was written employing “Femininum,” a grammatical device that includes the use of the feminine form of plural nouns to describe groups that include both men and women.

Following in the footsteps of the self-described “black feminist lesbian poet,” whose ideas caught fire in a city she cherished and criticized.