Many of my activist friends gave me a rough time and accused me of "giving up" when I decided to move to Germany following Trump’s unfortunate 2016 victory. However, I promised all my friends that as long as I continued to hold a U.S. Passport I would fight against...

Thanks to the gracious hospitality and invitation to speak before members of the Rotary International Club of Hamburg and the Women’s International Club of Hamburg I traveled Germany’s 2nd largest city, and the Northern port city to promote my book. On January 21,...

I spoke before a group of 45 international women on the importance of my book. The group was a non political group so I framed my message as a discussion about a book about the friendship and relationship among politicians. The book was about their friendship and not...

I spoke at Mathilde’S Café in Hamburg before a small group of friends, members of the Democrats Abroad Hamburg Chapter. During this discussion, I emphasized my purpose in writing the book. Initially I wrote the book as therapy—a sentimental journey at the relationship...

My name is Claudia and political activism is in my genes. My paternal great grandmother marched in the streets for women´s suffrage, my grandfather was an active union shop steward and FDR supporter, and my mother, a gifted linguist volunteered for JFK’s presidential...

I did not realize how growing up in the United States during the Cold War impacted me until my first trip to Berlin in 1990. Children in America would often toss around the phrase “it is a free country” quite loosely in daily conversations or confrontations. One day...