Donald Trump tapped into racism to win the White House. But I assert my identity — Middle Eastern, Jewish, female — and will fight to succeed despite prejudice. Hannah Shraim, 17, affixes her hijab, Germantown, Maryland, U.S., 13 May 2016.(AP...
By Anitra Conover What does the United States risk by trading heavily with China and cooperating with the ruling Chinese Communist Party? The relationship appears economically symbiotic. According to the Observatory of Economic Complexity, nine percent of U.S. export...
By Maxine Arnheiter When I was 11 years old, my school held a rally during the 2012 U.S. presidential campaign between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. I remember staying up late with my babysitter, making a flashy, patriotically colored sign for Obama. I misspelled the...
By Yesenia Mozo I live in a couple of different worlds. One is within me — a queer person of color, born of immigrant parents, fighting for an education despite strapped family finances. This world often collides with others, particularly with my world at home....
This article was a runner-up in the high school category of News-Decoder’s second essay/reporting contest. By Kate Curry While the United States ponders the domestic implications of Donald Trump’s election victory, the rest of the world is anxious about...
News-Decoder asked some of its young readers for their views following Britain’s vote to leave the European Union. Here is what they had to say. “I am really worried this vote means a victory for populism.” – Léa Surugue I am French but have...
I’ve spent the past year in France. I’m not French, but I no longer identify completely as an American. It’s given me a new perspective. A Muslim student puts on her head scarf as she leaves high school in Lille, France, 2 September 2004. France bans...
By Kelvin Green II The leader of Taiwan’s political party that favors independence from China made history today when she took office as the island’s first woman president. China is hoping the history-making stops there. Unlike the Kuomintang party, which...
Syrian refugee holds onto his children as he struggles to walk off a dinghy on the Greek island of Lesbos, 24 September 2015. (REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis) By Annique Browne What’s the biggest threat to U.S. national security? During this year’s presidential...
By Anne-Sophie van Wingerden Arriving at Beijing’s airport last summer, I glanced at the flight monitors. Taiwan was not listed among domestic destinations. Nor was it alongside international capitals. Taiwan exists in limbo, neither part of mainland China to...