Cathi Harris

Tag: Berlin

  • The Truth About ‘Free Healthcare’

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    It is true that all countries in Europe have what is known as “universal healthcare,” meaning that all people in a given country or region are able to get the medical care that they need, when and where they need it, without financial hardship. But …

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    monochrome photo of doctor holding an ipad

  • The German Art of ‘House Burping,’ Explained

    This being Germany, there are definite strategies and procedures for proper lüften. These depend onthe season, what kind of home you live in, and how one’s mother taught you to do it when you were growing up.

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    A woman in shadow looks through an open window to a view of the mountains beyond.

  • Fiddling While the World Burns

    Why I still nag mz son to do his homework even when it feels like the world is ending.

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    Photo of an ancient coliseum column seen at night and lit from within with an amber glow.

  • This is What Mass Deportation Looks Like

    Around the corner from my apartment in Berlin, there is a group of five brass plates inlaid in the cobblestones of the sidewalk in front of the house at Boxhagener Strasse 50. They are the Stolpersteine for the Kaufmann family: Ewald and his wife Helene (her birth name was Gerechtner); their sons, Theo, Kurt, and Julian; daughter-in-law Johanna…

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    Black and white image of people and belongings being loaded onto a passenger train.

  • Still Glancing Back …

    I have been thinking a lot about diasporas lately. What it means to live long term in a society outside the one you were raised in.

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