by News Decoder | 25 Jul 2018 | Asia, China, Women
How Java’s controversial female ruler grew into the job Paul Spencer Sochaczewski taps his vast knowledge of Asia in this, his third short story for News-Decoder. Last year, Sochaczewski entertained us with yarns about the South China Sea and Borneo. In this five-part...
by News Decoder | 24 Jul 2018 | Asia, China, Women
How Java’s controversial female ruler grew into the job Paul Spencer Sochaczewski taps his vast knowledge of Southeast Asia in this, his third short story for News-Decoder. Last year, Sochaczewski entertained us with alluring yarns about the South China Sea and...
by News Decoder | 23 Jul 2018 | Asia, China, Women
How Java’s controversial female ruler grew into the job Paul Spencer Sochaczewski taps his vast knowledge of Southeast Asia in this, his third short story for News-Decoder. Last year, Sochaczewski entertained us with alluring yarns about the South China Sea and...
by Paul Spencer Sochaczewski | 20 Jul 2018 | Asia, China, Women
How Java’s controversial female ruler grew into the job Paul Spencer Sochaczewski taps his vast knowledge of Southeast Asia in this, his third short story for News-Decoder. Last year, Sochaczewski entertained us with alluring yarns about the South China Sea and...
by News Decoder | 25 Jun 2018 | Human Rights, King's Academy, Middle East, Student Posts, Women, Youth Voices
By Muna Matouq New feminist movements like #MeToo and #TimesUp may be shaking up the Western world, but in other countries, women still live without the legal protection the West takes for granted. Jordan is a prime example of this, with one of the worst rankings in...
by News Decoder | 7 Jun 2018 | Art, Contests, Friends Seminary, Greens Farms Academy, School Year Abroad, Student Posts, Thacher School, Westover School, Women, Youth Voices
These photos were submitted by students participating in News-Decoder’s twice-yearly Reporting and Writing Contest. You can see the winning entries among Student Posts. *** By Yatong Shi (Westover School) In my photo report “Censorship,” I explore...
by Rashad Mammadov | 28 May 2018 | Asia, Europe, Islam, Women
A century ago, Azerbaijan declared independence, becoming the first democratic state in the Muslim world. First meeting of the parliament of the Azerbaijan Democractic Republic, 7 December 1918 (Wikimedia Commons) One century ago today, a small colony of the Russian...
by John Talbott | 24 May 2018 | History, United States, Women
I returned from the Vietnam War in 1968 and helped lead the anti-war movement that exploded in Chicago. Looking back, I wonder what we learned. Chicago police officers try to disperse demonstrators during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, 29 August 1968....
by John Mehaffey | 21 May 2018 | History, Sports, Women
More than just a game, sport reflected wrenching changes in the 1960s — racial tension, the U.S. antiwar movement, women’s rights, decolonialization. This article is part of a series by our correspondents and guest writers reflecting on the 1960s — a...
by Sue Landau | 9 May 2018 | History, Women
“Free love” of the 1960s fueled the sexual revolution, which liberated many women but failed to end violence and inequality. #MeToo is a needed next stage. The author and her sister at a march in 1979 in favor of abortion rights(photo by Roy Cuckow ) This...