It was thought that the Labour Party would bring stability to the UK after a spate of political chaos. But problems there are thorny, and the public? Not happy. Britain’s opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer delivers his keynote speech at the Labour Party...
Voters in the U.S. state of Delaware elected someone to Congress because of issues they care about. The gender of that person at birth was not one of them. U.S. Rep. Sarah McBride walks through the U.S. Capitol on 2 April 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via AP Images)...
As the planet heats up and extreme weather events get more common, the United States slashes funding to its weather services. What does that mean for the world? Thunderstorm over Watson Lake in Prescott Arizona. (Credit: Bob Larson/ National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
A U.S. student in France wanted to know how French people felt about their government. The common thread he discovered? Mécontentement. Demonstrators display a banner which reads ‘democracy against austerity’ during a protest, responding to a call from the...
Donald Trump is trying to cut off U.S. foreign aid. He might not understand that international good will is an investment that reaps all kinds of dividends. Dollar bills flow out of the United States. (Illustration by News Decoder) This article was produced...
If democracy depends on the support of an informed public what does it mean when people distrust what they read and hear in the news? Democracy as a form of government relies on an informed public. The founders of democracy in the United States, which became a model...
The United States prides itself on being a government of the people. But the nation that invented modern democracy is no longer the model for it. Eligible voters form a long line to get on a bus bound for their vote-registered domicile for the 2024 Taiwanese...
For a democracy to last, its leaders must willingly step down and the transition from one to the next must be smooth and bloodless. Then-President Barack Obama shakes hands with President-elect Donald Trump during the presidential inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in...
Western countries have been obsessively following the U.S presidential election. Around the world, there are reasons people are taking note. Campaign signs for the candidates in the U.S. presidential election. (Illustration by News Decoder) This article was produced...
Go back three decades and the trend was towards global democracy. Now we see rising authoritarianism. Are we looking at global autocracy? Military tanks. (Credit: Mikhail Shapovalov/Getty Images) This article was produced exclusively for News Decoder’s global news...