Many Americans point to President Reagan's June 1987 "Tear down this wall" speech as a key moment in making the fall of the Berlin Wall a reality, but fewer recall the essential role played by ...

“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” That simple phrase by President Ronald Reagan spoke volumes. It was a call to action to stand up to Communism, fittingly spoken at Brandenburg Gate in ...

"The Great American Story" begins a compelling two-part exploration into Ronald Reagan's iconic "Tear Down This Wall" speech, dissecting the tense Cold War climate and the stark realities of the ...

It stood for 28 years, painfully dividing East and West Germany. But the Berlin Wall finally came down on November 9, 1989. This is what that day felt like for those who lived through it.

It could be argued that presidential speech writers are another group of Washington bureaucrats on the federal payroll. Presidents deliver hundreds of speeches and rely on speech writers to craft ...

30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, right-wing extremism is on the rise as the East lags behind The far-right AfD party continues to be successful in Germany's former East.