by Tom Heneghan | 1 Oct 2025 | Decoder Replay, Politics, Religion
In parts of Eastern Europe there is little separation between church and state. But what happens when the church becomes an instrument of a different nation? The head of the Moldovan Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Vladimir holds a religious service in Chisinau,...
by Daniel Warner | 22 Sep 2025 | History, Politics, United States
Young people led political revolutions in the 50s and 60s but now seem to throw their support to those past retirement age. Former President of Ireland and Former UN Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson at COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 9 December...
by News Decoder | 18 Sep 2025 | Politics, United States
In the United States there seems to be a war on free speech. But taking down TV shows is just one way the powerful can silence speech they don’t like. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution with the sections on free speech and press redacted. (Illustration...
by Bernd Debusmann | 10 Sep 2025 | Decoder Replay, History, Politics
The world can’t seem to stand up to the United States or Russia. But maybe the idea of an international community is just a dream that never materialized. Flags of the world. Credit: JIAYUE/Getty Images Editor’s note: This week, leaders from the 11...
by Tauseef Ahmad and Sajid Raina | 1 Sep 2025 | Human Rights, India, Islam, Politics, Religion
Muslim Indians near Bangladesh find themselves seized and sent over the border, even when they can prove their citizenship. Muslims protest against being declared foreigners in Assam. (Photo courtesy of Sajid Raina and Tauseef Ahmad) This article was produced...
by Joahnna Tool | 13 Aug 2025 | Education, Human Rights, Politics
When students return to university, it will be with the threat that masked agents can come and take them or their classmates away. What lessons will they learn? Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil poses for a portrait during an interview, 3 July 2025, in New York....
by Marcy Burstiner | 12 Aug 2025 | Politics
August 12 marks International Youth Day. Around the world young people are angry and demand to be heard. When will the world listen? Students shout during a demonstration, 9 March 2023 in Paris. Young people in France protested against the government’s push to...
by Daniel Warner | 11 Aug 2025 | Decoders, History, Politics
When nations sign a treaty they volunteer to abide by certain terms. But what, if anything, happens if they break those agreements? The seats of the U.S. delegation are vacant during the ceremony marking the entry into force of the Ottawa Convention on the prohibition...
by Nelson Graves | 9 Jul 2025 | Decoder Replay, History, Politics, United States
Nine justices hold seats on the U.S. Supreme Court. In their hands lie fundamental questions of liberty, equity and who has the right to American citizenship. The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2025. Front row, left to right: Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor,...
by Daniel Warner | 25 Jun 2025 | Decoder Replay, History, Human Rights, Israel-Palestine, Politics, Russia, Ukraine
Israel strikes crowds at food distribution sites. Russia bombs cities in the Ukraine war. Can we not hold nations to account? A Palestinian man carries the body of his child who was killed in an Israeli military strike on Gaza, at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, 19...