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Austin Davis

Austin Davis is a Berlin-based freelance journalist.
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Donald Trump hold a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, March 17, 2017.
Global Politics
Germany’s relations with Russia and the US are a delicate balancing act in the Trump-Putin era
Because of renewable energy sources, Wolfhagen, Germany, with 14,000 inhabitants, is able to generate about 106 percent of the its electricity needs throughout the year. The surplus is sold to neighborhing communities, and the Wolfhagen's residents receiv
Environment
Tiny Wolfhagen, Germany leads the country’s green energy transition
Students in a welcome class for migrants attend a German language lesson at the Sankt Franziskus school in Berlin, Germany, Jan. 22, 2016.
Justice
There are about 400,000 refugee kids in Germany. Educating them is a ‘national task.’
A man who identifies himself as a migrant takes a selfie with German Chancellor Angela Merkel outside a refugee camp near the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees in Berlin, Germany, Sept. 10, 2015.
Conflict
For many Germans, this election is about refugees
At the Cottbus Chamber of Crafts trainees enrolled in a refugee training program prepare for the day's metalworking assignment, in Cottbus, Brandenburg, Germany, Jan. 11, 2017.
Justice
Refugees are struggling to navigate Germany’s apprenticeship system
The Recruits German military
Media
The German military’s recruiting videos are so much more than an ad campaign