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No Blue Christmas
How I'm supporting independent businesses this holiday season
Cathi Harris
American writer living in Berlin, Germany. I write about travel, culture, history and sustainability.
The View from Here
General strike edition
What if we don't need to shed 'the blood of tyrants' to save the country? What if we just stopped working for them?
Essays
Not Working for The Man
Labor strikes are a regular fact of life across Europe - why not the U.S.?
Life in Berlin
What's left in Friedrichshain?
Despite its current reputation as a place to party, elements of the district's left-wing, working-class history remain
Personal
Piling on the 'Dorm Mama' Drama
Keeping up with the Joneses at college
On (not) going paid on Substack
And other things I'm writing and reading this week
Watching
Lights along the path
Finding immigrant role models to guide my journey
Reading
American Exodus
A new wave of immigrant narratives tell the human stories behind the numbers.
Essays
Freedom, Texas style
What low taxes and no "burdensome" regulations gets you in the long run
Essays
A resistance sorta fairy tale
Beware that 'rogue' account behind the curtain - it may be disinformation
Personal
Why we left, illustrated in two photos
On Saturday, the best and the worst elements in America were both on display. Sadly, the worst appears to be winning.
Reading
Five great reads on Medium
There are some fantastic writers on this platform - if you know where to look