Proud has become the most-discussed Polish television event of the year — not only for what happens on screen, but for what its lead actor said off it. What does it mean for a nation to finally tell this story, and what does it cost the person telling it?

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Berlin Pride Parade was struck by a terrorist attack last weekend. But the perpetrator was known to German police for many years, and was even part of a deradicalization program funded by the state. Why couldn’t he be stopped?

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A recent study analzying data from 45,000 people across 53 countries, identified Germany as having the highest levels of narcissism in the world. The interesting part of this study is that it revealed younger people showing higher scores in “grandiose narcissism” (admiration-seeking) and “narcissistic rivalry”. Read for more.

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Armie Hammer is back — to filmmaking, sort of — in Uwe Boll's latest vigilante provocation, which attracted more attention this June thanks to a German ban and Elon Musk than the World Cup did.

Published in German and English by Counterpoint: Navigating Knowledge on July 6th, 2026

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Genealogy has become one of the defining methods of critical theory. But what if its own genealogy tells a very different story? Discover why Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm's latest book could reshape debates across the humanities.

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Highly romanticized in contemporary popular culture — but deeply misunderstood — the concept of twin flames seems to be making an occultural comeback. Not for the faint-hearted, this seems to be more of an “over the rainbow” than run-of-the-mill love story. What do Emiliy Brontë’s Wuthering Heights as reimagined by Emerald Fennell, and Richard Gadd’s new provocative series Half Man have to do with this concept?

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German society has an unusual two-tier system that actually allows so-called “alternative” therapies to be offered to the general public. Has this incredible idea, however, turned sour?

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Scientific debate since a publication in early 2026 has put into question the groundbreaking neurophysiological theory that has based many somatic practitioners’ work. The creator of the theory himself, however, has refuted some of the criticism. Keep reading for more.

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Have people become more coddled and extremely sensitive to criticism, or are we simply evolving to a society where disagreement is being disregarded in favour of egocentric echo chambers?

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While world leaders have been claiming at the 2026 Munich Security Conference that the old world order ‘no longer exists’, Miss Jill Scott has come out of her 11-year hiatus with a new album to hail undoubtedly the dawn of a new day!

Scholars and popular figures such as Noam Chomsky, Richard Dawkins, and Deepak Chopra have been formative in my epistemology of thinking, as well as in how I make art. To see them named in the infamous Epstein files has shown me that misogyny must be toppled down before any attempt at true academic and artistic integrity. Otherwise, how can we build a prosperous and sovereign world, if women are continuously mistreated by the men in power? 

How the groundbreaking queer cinema and television being made right now are helping us understand love, joy, and the pursuit of happiness in an ever-changing world. 

A recent study done in Germany shows that 1 in 4 skilled migrants want to leave Germany permanently. Why am I part of this statistic? Read and find out.

What are some good strategies to not only survive, but thrive during the winter months? Keep reading to find out.

Pluto, the planet connected in mythology to intensity, destruction, transformation and rebirth, has entered the astrological sign of Aquarius, where it will be for the next two decades. What are the predictions for this historic cosmic event, that only happens once every two centuries?

What was the answer to an ominous question posed by a website that rewarded Europeans up to 5 Euros per hour this week?

Is Berlin still a place of free speech, “wo die Verrückten sind”?

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The Winner of 2023’s Best New Artist Grammy Award was in town, and boy will she ‘linger awhile’!

Freedom of assembly and extremism in play.

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Decolonizing bourgeois ecology as “environmental sustainability”.

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