• American truths

• Images and dreams

• American the beautiful - The star-spangled banner
• Colin Powell - Mario Batali - Maya Angelou - Tyra Banks - Jesse Jackson
• “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness“
• Brand- aid - view of contries’ influence - views of US - PRC
• B. Obama: Yes we can! - Analyse - music video
• Pink: Dear Mr. President - protest songs

• Challenges

• An immigrant’s long journey - M-US border fence
• CBC: Green America - EPA
• Second Amendment - US love affair with guns - NRA - Gun politics in the US - Columbine massacre - Erfurt massacre

• Aspirations

• T. C. Boyle: “Drop City“ (2003)  

• Mediation:

• Welt: Der amerikanische Traum wird zum Alptraum (2007)
• Spiegel: Good night, America (2010)

Statue of Liberty

• Emma Lazarus - “The New Colossus“ (1883)
• The Simpsons: “Much Apu about nothing“ (1996)

US shootings

• Virginia Tech massacre
• US university shootings renew national gun-control debate (2007)
• Sarah Palin uses crosshairs to identify Dems who voted for health care reform (2010)
• Arizone Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords

    shot at public event (2011)

• DailyNews: Giffords’ blood is on Palin’s hands
• NY Observer: Palin on crosshairs

Immigration

•  T.C. Boyle: “The Tortilla Curtain“ (1995)
•  Green Card -  USCIS

State of the Union Address

• The White House 2011 - full text
• Info - Charts, graphs & inforgraphics
• Congress wears black & white ribbon
• Washington Post: State of the Union
• Ger.: Government policy statement