By Christopher Alexander Gellert When primary voters in Iowa and New Hampshire trudge through the snow next month to select their nominee, some will vote for the candidate they support. Others will vote for the candidate they believe can win. For many Democrats, any...
By Bernd Debusmann “Would you support or oppose bombing Agrabah?” That was question 38 in a long survey of Republican primary voters a few days after contenders for the party’s presidential nomination argued about foreign policy and national security in their last...
For the past six months, News-Decoder has been working out of the offices of a terrific French not-for-profit called Aventure du Bout du Monde (ABM). For 28 years, ABM has been a valuable resource for globetrotters who seek out exotic destinations. Every year, ABM...
By Emefa Agawu By October, 22-year-old Matt was settling into New York just fine. He was two months into a job and was slowly furnishing the East Village apartment he rents with two close friends from college. Seeing posts on social media about 2016 presidential...
As global negotiators hammer out an unprecedented climate accord in Paris, most Americans don’t believe climate change is a very serious problem. (Flickr/Russell Darling) Severe storms. Extreme precipitation. Melting ice caps. Rising sea levels. Health problems....
By Bernd Debusmann Take note of a new phrase in the U.S. political lexicon: the Trump Phenomenon. It was coined by pundits who are perplexed by the enduring popularity of Donald Trump, the New York billionaire who wants to become U.S. president, among a segment of the...
Two News-Decoder “ambassadors” offer their thoughts on Hillary Clinton’s campaign to become the next U.S. president. Hillary Clinton, Ankeny, Iowa, 16 August 2015. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) Two of News-Decoder’s young...
Dee Colon is a transgender who has lived most of her life in a quiet New York community. Staying close to her roots has helped her survive. Dee Colon is a transgender caregiver who was born in Manhattan in the 1960s and has lived most of her life in the quiet,...
Some students at Princeton University in the United States want the name of Woodrow Wilson, the 28th U.S. president who died in 1924, to be removed from the university’s programs and buildings because of his racist views. The debate has reached the national...
By Barry Moody The horrific attacks in Paris have given new impetus to the struggle against extremism, but they also highlight the failures and limitations of Western policy. After the November 13 attacks, President François Hollande said France was at war with...