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Heather Horn

Heather Horn

Heather Horn is a writer based in Chicago. She is a former features editor and staff writer for The Atlantic Wire, and was previously a research assistant at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

European Media Go a Little Overboard Sexing-Up Continental Politics

European Media Go a Little Overboard Sexing-Up Continental Politics

Long-staid print and TV political coverage is suddenly taking a more American-style approach to leaders' personal lives.… More »

The Swiss Appear Largely Relieved as Bachmann Renounces Her Citizenship

The Swiss Appear Largely Relieved as Bachmann Renounces Her Citizenship

An anecdotal review of Swiss media and social media suggests that the Tea Party failed presidential candidate will not be missed in Switzerland.… More »

The Resurgence of the European Left

The Resurgence of the European Left

Francois Hollande, who won the French presidential election this weekend, is part of a broader European movement against the EU and austerity.… More »

The New European Political Trend: Blame Germany

The New European Political Trend: Blame Germany

Germany's austerity plans and hard debt limits are fueling anger across the continent.… More »

The Real Stakes of Today's Child-Care Debates in the U.S. and Germany

The Real Stakes of Today's Child-Care Debates in the U.S. and Germany

Recent debates in both countries highlight how tough it is to talk about raising children without also talking about class and the number of parents.… More »

Imperial Britain to Communist China: Why Do Rising Powers Misbehave?

Imperial Britain to Communist China: Why Do Rising Powers Misbehave?

What newly released documents from the UK colony in Kenya say about the rise of the great powers that have followed.… More »

Germany's National Debate Over Guilt, the Holocaust, Israel, and Gunter Grass

Germany's National Debate Over Guilt, the Holocaust, Israel, and Gunter Grass

German critics see the Nobel laureate's poem as ugly attempt to invert history, or at best a play for relevance.… More »

One French School's Secret for Making Affirmative Action Work

One French School's Secret for Making Affirmative Action Work

Before Richard Descoings died suddenly and scandalously last week, he made controversial -- and surprisingly successful -- changes to how one of France's most elite universities builds its student body.… More »

Gunter Grass's Controversial Poem About Israel, Iran, and War, Translated

Gunter Grass's Controversial Poem About Israel, Iran, and War, Translated

The German Nobel laureate denounced Israel's nuclear weapons, and was in turn denounced by the Israeli Prime Minister.… More »

Europe Sees History of American Racism in Trayvon Martin Killing

Europe Sees History of American Racism in Trayvon Martin Killing

European media coverage of the 17-year-old's killing seems to reinforce pre-2008 ideas about race in the U.S.… More »

Anti-Islamic vs. Anti-Fascist: Europe's Clashing Protest Movements

Anti-Islamic vs. Anti-Fascist: Europe's Clashing Protest Movements

Two groups will hold opposing demonstrations in Denmark this weekend in a sign of the continent's challenge with identity politics.… More »

The School-Shooting Debate That France Should Be Having

The School-Shooting Debate That France Should Be Having

The French political class is focusing on surface issues instead of the deeper problems that may have contributed to the attack on a Jewish school in Toulouse.… More »

How the French School Shooting Is Pulling Europe Together

How the French School Shooting Is Pulling Europe Together

Even if it doesn't last, Europeans are showing a sense of continental solidarity at a time when it's badly needed.… More »

The Jewish School Shooting and Patterns of Violence

The Jewish School Shooting and Patterns of Violence

This morning's deadly attack is already sparking a debate about whether France, or even Europe more broadly, has a problem with violence against minorities.… More »

The British Are Still (Too) Angry at America for Pulling Them Into Iraq

The British Are Still (Too) Angry at America for Pulling Them Into Iraq

What's really behind U.K. antagonism toward their country's close relationship with the U.S.?… More »

The Dutch Euthanize Their Elderly, and Other Scary GOP Lies About Europe

The Dutch Euthanize Their Elderly, and Other Scary GOP Lies About Europe

Rick Santorum says 10% of Netherlands deaths are from euthanasia, the latest Republican fear-mongering about supposed European barbarity.… More »

The Mitt Romney of Europe: Sarkozy's Disastrous Reelection Campaign

The Mitt Romney of Europe: Sarkozy's Disastrous Reelection Campaign

The out-of-touch, super-wealthy candidate is doing poorly with what should have been an easy win.… More »

The European Union's Racist and Unintentionally Revealing TV Ad

The European Union's Racist and Unintentionally Revealing TV Ad

Before the EU was forced to pull the ad, it offered the world a glimpse into two fundamental problems with the European project.… More »

'The Next Right Thing': A Crime Novel With Insights Into Addiction

'The Next Right Thing': A Crime Novel With Insights Into Addiction

An interview with Dan Barden about his new book… More »

Iceland Is Wrong to Blame Its Leaders for the Financial Crisis, and So Are We

Iceland Is Wrong to Blame Its Leaders for the Financial Crisis, and So Are We

Americans and Europeans might see inspiration in the former Icelandic prime minister facing criminal charges for his "negligence," but this misunderstands how democracy works.… More »

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