Redesigning Berlin

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The former East German capital of Berlin is undergoing a massive reconstruction in line with plans to make it the new capital of Germany after 2001. Its re-creation is designed to erase the architectural reminders of communism, such as bombed ruins, substandard buildings and rundown infrastructure.

Planning, Public works, Urban renewal, Berlin, Germany

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Indefinable heroes

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Gender-bending has been happening since 35 centuries ago. The imposing Mary Edwards Walker served as the first woman surgeon in the US Army and still the sole woman to have received the Congressional Medal of Honor. The 1998 champion of the Eurovision Song Contest was a man.

Social aspects, Sex role, Sex roles

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The new faces of fiction

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Authors such as A. Manette Ansay, Colson Whitehead, and Josip Novakovich are examples of a new breed of writers who have carried on the works of storytellers of past generations. The writers tackle issues of race, violence, and homosexuality in their works.

Methods, Authors, Writers, Behavior, Fiction, Whitehead, Colson, Ansay, A. Manette, Senna, Danzy

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