Monthly Archives: August 2020

Die Zeit: Nach der Nominierung schickte der ehemalige US-Präsident Barack Obama Biden Glückwünsche über den Internetdienst Twitter. “Gratuliere, Joe. Ich bin stolz auf dich”, schrieb der 59-Jährige. Er kommentierte damit einen Tweet Bidens, der geschrieben hatte, “es ist die Ehre … Continue reading →

New York Times: The second night of the Democratic National Convention straddled themes of national security, presidential accountability and continuity between the past and future leaders of the party. Like the opening night on Monday, it took the form of … Continue reading →

Los Angeles Times: U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez nominated Bernie Sanders on Tuesday in a convention speech that honored him for organizing “a historic grassroots campaign to reclaim our democracy.” The New York congresswoman, 30, seconded the nomination for Sanders as … Continue reading →

BBC: A key US stock index has hit a new high despite ongoing worries about the sharp economic impact of the pandemic. The S&P 500, one of the widest and most prominent US market measures, inched higher on Tuesday to … Continue reading →

Alyssa Rosenberg, Washington Post: You don’t usually need to market normal. But on the first night of the Democratic National Convention, that was the most powerful element of the party’s pitch: Vote for Joe Biden, a regular guy, and you can … Continue reading →

Los Angeles Times: California billionaire Meg Whitman, a Republican who spent $144 million of her own wealth on an unsuccessful run for governor a decade ago, endorsed Joe Biden for president at the Democratic National Convention on Monday. “I’m a … Continue reading →

It’s useless to wait for a breakthrough, for the revolution, the nuclear apocalypse or a social movement. To go on waiting is madness. The catastrophe is not coming, it is here. We are already situated within the collapse of a … Continue reading →

SZ: Doch obwohl in diesem Jahr alles anders ist, obwohl in den USA ein Virus wütet, das mehr als 160 000 Menschen getötet und Millionen arbeitslos gemacht hat, halten die Demokraten an einer traditionellen Parteitags­dramaturgie fest. Das Ereignis wird zum Großteil … Continue reading →

Philadelphia Inquirer: In Philadelphia’s Kensington district, home to one of the largest open-air drug markets in the United States, crowds of sellers and buyers flock to corners as if there never were a pandemic. “The blocks [where drug dealing takes … Continue reading →

August 17, 1960 those lovable moptops played their first gig in Hamburg.