by Aerin Atinsky | 17 May 2021 | Americas, Health and Wellness, Hewitt, Human Rights, Student Posts, Youth Voices
New York City is fighting COVID-19 and setting an example for revamping America’s criminal justice system by releasing some inmates to hotels. Protesters calling for the early release of inmates from New York jails, New York, 23 April 2020 (EPA-EFE/JUSTIN LANE)...
by Nelson Graves | 6 May 2021 | Art, Faculty in the Spotlight, News Decoder Updates, Westover School, Women's rights
How can a photography class make better global citizens? Caleb Portfolio of Westover School helps students discover themselves and the world. Caleb Portfolio Caleb Portfolio teaches photography and video at Westover School. That means he teaches certain necessary...
by Aralynn Abare McMane | 5 May 2021 | Future of Democracy, Human Rights, Indiana University, News Decoder Updates, World
Journalists are under threat around the world. What to do? Take out a subscription to defend press freedom and democracy, one expert suggests. Robert Mahoney of the Committee to Protect Journalists has an easy idea for how anybody can support freedom of the press and...
by Aralynn Abare McMane | 28 Apr 2021 | Fake News, Human Rights, Media Literacy, News Decoder Updates, Politics, World
Thirty years after a landmark declaration of press freedom principles, journalists face threats that jeopardize democratic institutions around the world. Committee to Protect Journalists The international community salutes World Press Freedom Day on May 3 with...
by Julian Nundy | 19 Apr 2021 | Eyewitness, Future of Democracy, Human Rights, Politics, World
Since 2007, I’ve been an official election observer. It’s grueling work but strengthens trust in democracy and keeps a lid on electoral fraud. A rally of the Ata Meken party in Jalal-Abad province, southern Kyrgyzstan, in 2015 (photo by Julian Nundy) It...
