by Nelson Graves | 7 Feb 2017 | Economy, News Decoder Updates
By Nelson Graves Here’s a video produced by students at Columbia Journalism School that focuses on News-Decoder’s mission and unusual strategy — to build trust without going viral. Sonah Lee and Arijeta Lajka are master’s degree candidates who...
by News Decoder | 25 Jan 2017 | Economy, United States
Four News-Decoder correspondents look at Donald Trump and his potential impact on the U.S. economy, the media and democracy. Donald Trump’s Twitter account as U.S. president, 20 January 2017. (AP Photo) Here are the views of four News-Decoder correspondents on Donald...
by Alan Wheatley | 23 Jan 2017 | Economy, United States
Donald Trump has promised to tackle economic inequalities. But his policies could deepen the gaping divide between the haves and the have-nots. Donald Trump delivers his Inaugural address, Washington, 20 January 2017 (EPA/Jim Lo Scalzo) A defining economic...
by News Decoder | 23 Jan 2017 | Asia, Economy, Human Rights, United States, Women
We asked News-Decoder correspondents and youth ambassadors for their thoughts following Donald Trump’s inauguration as U.S. president. Here are three reactions. “The good ole days weren’t all that good.” – Betty Wong My biggest fear is a...
by News Decoder | 5 Jan 2017 | Economy, Europe, Greens Farms Academy, Student Posts, United States
By John Selkowitz When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, it marked the end of Communism in a nation that had been one of its strongest global advocates. It also marked a new reality: that a coalition of liberal democracies led by the United States had emerged...
by Michaela Cohen | 20 Dec 2016 | Americas, Economy, Europe, Greens Farms Academy, Student Posts, United States
With the election of Donald Trump and Brexit, the world is at a crossroads. We can close our ears to the pleas of the disaffected, or start to listen. Donald Trump welcomes Nigel Farage, left, ex-leader of the British UKIP party, at a campaign rally in Jackson, Miss.,...
by News Decoder | 9 Nov 2016 | Americas, Economy, Human Rights, Politics, United States
We asked four experts — Carroll Bogert (human rights), Tom Burke (environment), Alan Wheatley (international economy) and Alex Nicoll (defense & security) — for their thoughts following Donald Trump’s shock victory in the U.S. presidential...
by News Decoder | 20 Oct 2016 | Africa, Economy
By Sue Landau Although there have been few headlines, Africa is facing its worst food shortage since 1985. And the culprit is not so much armed conflict as it is climate change. The United Nations has forecast that up to 50 million Africans could be hungry by...
by News Decoder | 17 Oct 2016 | Economy, United States
Tempted to erect trade barriers to protect jobs at home? Think again, says Alan Wheatley, who holds up the iPhone as “the essence of trade.” High school students participating in a mini-course on the U.S. elections recently peppered News-Decoder...
by Alan Wheatley | 11 Oct 2016 | Economy
Many U.S. voters are anxious about trade and globalization. Incomes are stagnant, inequality rising. But trade can be a solution, not a problem. Customers show off their new iPhones in Sydney, Australia, 16 September 2016. (EPA/Joel Carrett) News-Decoder has teamed up...