Carolina A. Miranda, Author at Valley News

Berliners sing and dance on top of the Berlin Wall to celebrate the opening of East-West German borders, Friday afternoon, Nov. 10, 1989. Thousands of East German citizens moved into the West after East German authorities opened all border crossing points to the West. In the background is the Brandenburg Gate. Built in 1961 of barbed wire and concrete, the wall divided Berlin, becoming the most powerful symbol of The Cold War. It prevented East Germans from freely traveling or migrating to the West. The two nations were reunited as a single country, 45 years after World War II on Oct. 23, 1990. The change -- Die Wende -- or reunification, created one of the world's strongest economies in the 20th century. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle)

Column: What the Dismantling of the Berlin Wall Can Teach Us

by Carolina A. Miranda For the Los Angeles TimesJune 23, 2018

In 1962, two men from East Berlin attempted a daring escape to the West. Peter Fechter and Helmut Kulbeik were young — all of 18. On Aug. 17, the pair slipped away from their construction jobs during their lunch break and made their way to the…

Cosmopolitan Editor-in-Chief Helen Gurley Brown holds the latest issue of the magazine before a Waldorf-Astoria ceremony where she was honored with a Henry Johnson Fisher Award for lifetime achievement in the magazine industry Wednesday, Jan 24, 1996, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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