by Arsentiy Novak | 19 Jun 2017 | Europe, Politics, Student Posts
I urged British voters to stay away from the polls this month. Why? Because the state lacks moral legitimacy. I do not preach violence but urge abstention. Earlier this month, on the day British voters went to the polls for a snap parliamentary election, one of our...
by Arsentiy Novak | 8 Jun 2017 | Europe, Politics, Student Posts
Vote! That’s what students in Britain are being told on election day. But here’s an alternative view: Abstain and withhold your approval of a flawed system. British voters go to the polls today in a snap election that Conservative Prime Minister Theresa...
by News Decoder | 5 Jun 2017 | Europe, Islam, King’s College London, Student Posts, Terrorism
Video shot from Lorenzo Raffaele’s London flat on June 3. Below are reflections by two students of King’s College London on the attacks in London on Saturday in which militants killed seven people and injured another 48. It could have been me. –...
by Cody Thompson | 17 May 2017 | Asia, Indiana University, Student Posts
Japan’s Okinawa is rediscovering its roots. But the renaissance doesn’t ignore foreign influences, and in the kitchen, there’s a revival of hybrid cooking. Hiyana Tatahiko places a noren, or piece of fabric, at the entrance to the restaurant “Shimu,”...
by News Decoder | 11 May 2017 | Europe, Islam, Nationalism, School Year Abroad, Student Posts, United States
This is the last of four articles by students on France’s presidential election. By Maxine Arnheiter Dinner parties have become an interesting staple in my life in France, mostly of a political sort. The blues, reds and whites of the television cast a dull haze...
by News Decoder | 11 May 2017 | Europe, Islam, Nationalism, School Year Abroad, Student Posts, United States
This is the third of four articles by students on France’s presidential election. By Alexandra Wells My host parents and I sat with our eyes glued to the TV — unusual for a French family dinner. We were awaiting the results of the first round of...
by News Decoder | 10 May 2017 | Europe, Islam, Personal Reflections, School Year Abroad, Student Posts, United States
This is the second of four articles by students on France’s presidential election. By Snow Guilfoyle “Mais c’est n’importe quoi!” I shouted across the dinner table. After nine months in France, I had come to embrace the nation’s...
by News Decoder | 9 May 2017 | Economy, Europe, France, Islam, King’s College London, Politics, Student Posts, United States
We asked our correspondents and readers for their views following centrist Emmanuel Macron’s election on Sunday as French president. Yesterday, Alan Wheatley noted that Europe is relieved at the defeat of Euro-skeptic Marine Le Pen but that the onus is now on...
by News Decoder | 25 Apr 2017 | Islam, King’s College London, Politics, Student Posts, United States
By Emma Bapt For the first time on Sunday morning, I voted in France’s presidential elections. I was filled with pride, a heavy sense of responsibility and, ultimately, anxiety. My mother and I walked to our local polling station in Saint Germain-en-Laye, a suburb to...
by News Decoder | 20 Apr 2017 | Americas, Indiana University, Student Posts, United States
On April 24, students from King’s College London and Indiana University will discuss immigration and the challenges of identity during a News-Decoder webinar. Below, Cody Thompson offers a look into one family’s efforts to integrate into U.S. society. By...