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Empowering youth through environmental storytelling
It will take the whole world to solve our climate crisis. Now educators have a roadmap for teaching young people about climate change and how to stop it.
Are you storing toxic waste in your home or car?
When fires swept through Southern California, they left a trail of toxic waste in Los Angeles from such mundane possessions as vacuums, power tools and e-cars.
A warm rapport with the “world’s coolest dictator”
The people of El Salvador, and Donald Trump, love Nayib Bukele’s iron boot approach to fighting crime. But how long can a state of emergency last?
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Read the winning stories from our most recent youth storytelling contest.
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Decoder Replay: Why so much confusion over climate change?
For 30 years world leaders have gathered to find ways to cool our planet. So why is this existential problem still so misunderstood?
Decoder: Does ‘less is more’ apply to tech companies?
How vulnerable are we as a society when our internet-delivery eggs are largely placed in one virtual global basket?
Decoder Replay: Can journalists coexist with AI?
Can AI help journalists and not kill their jobs? Put that question to an AI app and you get some reassurance. But can we trust that?
News Decoder Updates
A competition begs this question: Why be judged?
Over 10 years, News Decoder has told students that their voices are worthy of being heard. Our contests tell them this: Don’t fear the judgement of others.
A decade of giving teens the last word
News Decoder gives young people the platform to tell the world what they see and hear around them. In the process, we all learn how much we have in common.
Europeans have a lot to say, regardless of language
Podcasts have become an essential way to tell important stories, whether they are in French, Spanish, Swedish or Albanian.