by Enzo Cazzaniga | 4 Dec 2024 | Decoder Replay, News Decoder Updates, Parallel (By)Lines, Realgymnasium Rämibühl Zürich, Youth Voices
We carry complicated identities inside us shaped in large part by where we call home. When that changes, how does that change us? Vide excerpts from a conversation between correspondent Jeremy Solomons and student Enzo Cazzaniga about identity and the idea of home. In...
by Susanne Courtney | 27 Nov 2024 | Decoder Replay, Politics
The island of Barbados has been calling on wealthy nations to fund climate change solutions to mitigate the harm that disproportionately affects small nations. A demonstrator displays hands that read “pay up” during a protest for climate finance at the...
by Nina Bugajska | 20 Nov 2024 | Decoder Replay, Economy, Realgymnasium Rämibühl Zürich
Many countries are turning away immigrants. But they should be welcomed for the often outsized contributions they make. A sign says Welcome to Switzerland. Credit: irontrybex/ Getty Images Editor’s note: In his successful campaign for the presidency, U.S....
by Sarah Edmonds | 13 Nov 2024 | Decoder Replay, Educators' Catalog, History, Media Literacy
Trump faked his assassination attempt. Princess Di wasn’t killed in an accident. The moon landing never happened. Why do people believe disproven ideas? Activists demonstrate against 4G/5G cell towers in Los Angeles, California, 2 May 2020. (AP Photo/Damian...
by John West | 12 Nov 2024 | Asia, China, Decoders, History, Politics, Russia
The renegade nation launched ballistic missiles into the sea and sent troops to Russia and rubbish to its southern neighbor. Can Kim Jong Un be controlled? North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, and then-U.S. President and current President-elect Donald Trump prepare...
by Betty Wong | 6 Nov 2024 | Decoder Replay, Economy
Financial markets are so connected that floods, drought or war in one country can sink an economy halfway across the globe. How does that work? A woman walks by piled up cars after floods in Massanassa, just outside of Valencia, Spain, 1 November 2024. (AP...
by Harvey Morris | 30 Oct 2024 | Decoder Replay, Educators' Catalog, Journalism, Media Literacy
Are the Houthis in Yemen “Iran-backed” or “Iran-aligned”? Are Hezbollah members “terrorists” or “liberators”? Labels can make a big difference. A sheet of sticker labels. (Illustration by News Decoder) From 24 to 31 October, the world marks Global Media and...
by Tira Shubart | 23 Oct 2024 | Decoder Replay, Environment, Science
Poor nations are hardest hit by extreme weather, but they can lack resources to produce forecasts that can save lives. What can be done? Hurricane shown on a weather map. (Photo by Tomas Griger) Editor’s note: The UK Foreign Office this month warned British...
by Daniel Warner | 22 Oct 2024 | Decoders, History, Politics, United States
The Western world is obsessed with the upcoming contest between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. Elsewhere, other things are happening. A man freaks out over multiple screens of election poll headlines. (Illustration by News Decoder) This article was produced...
by Vicki Flier Hudson | 16 Oct 2024 | Decoder Replay, Media Literacy
These are polarising times. If we want to heal divisions and save democracy, we need to listen to views we don’t like to hear. People stick fingers in their ears to keep from hearing what they don’t want to hear. (Illustration by News Decoder) Editor’s...