by Johann Aeschlimann | Oct 25, 2020 | America
Paru Shah is an Associate Professor of Political Science, and the Director of graduate studies at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. She is a Democrat. Hi Paru, how do you assess the impact of the Corona-crisis on the upcoming elections? Covid has expanded the...
by Johann Aeschlimann | Oct 23, 2020 | America
Motoring through the US of A I try to talk to Americans about the upcoming elections. As I am old, sick and vulnerable to Covid, I am careful. I do not go inside of restaurants (which moves the McDonald’s with outdoor seating quite a bit up on the list), I wear a mask...
by Johann Aeschlimann | Aug 13, 2020 | America
A family affair made it possible to travel from Switzerland to the US, and the plan was to stay until the elections to do some reporting, but another family affair demanded a fast return to Switzerland. Reporting was not in the cards anyway as the I-Visa apparently is...
by Johann Aeschlimann | Jun 23, 2020 | letters
Sable Makonnen (62) came to the United States in the late seventies as an immigrant from Ethiopia. After losing her job in New York, she is about to move back to the D.C. area. She is moved to tears about what happens to America and she participated in a Black Lives...
by Johann Aeschlimann | Jun 7, 2020 | letters
Mary Regan (60) is an English teacher at the United Nations in New York City. After two months, she is back at her Manhattan apartment. Hi Mary, what’s going on in your neck of the woods? Today, I went to the UN for the first time in three months, my computer...