After the refugees crossed the border, we offered them warm coffee, and their expressions changed completely. Monika Pronczuk is a Polish national who spent the end-of-year holidays greeting refugees near the border between Serbia and Macedonia. We are a group of...
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...
Should the U.S. intervene more aggressively in Syria? History tells us it could lead to mistakes. And blocking immigrants would betray U.S. values. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L) and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (R) flank UN Special Envoy for Syria...
By Rashad Mammadov Saudi Arabia has announced it will lead a coalition of 34 Muslim countries with a single, proclaimed goal — to fight radical Islamism. The geography of the new alliance is impressive: it extends across three continents, from the Atlantic Ocean...
France’s far-right National Front party keeps gaining ground. Its leader wants to be president. There’s a chance I’ll face a distasteful choice in 2017. In 2002, I was too young to vote or understand what was happening in French politics when...
Study abroad is about being afraid. The Paris attacks have forced me to confront an unexpected fear and allowed me to discover the beauty of France. A shrine to victims of the Paris attacks, 30 November 2015. (EPA/Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt) Giuliana Nicolucci-Altman is...
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...
By Alistair Lyon Marine Le Pen has transformed the French political landscape, challenging the dominance of the left-leaning and center-right parties that have alternated in government for decades. Her National Front triumphed in the first round of regional elections...
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 Pauline Bock I’m what they call a “millennial.” I am also a journalist. So of course I read it on Twitter first. “Shootings in Paris.” I didn’t have any plans on Friday night. I had to get up early the next morning and was getting ready for bed when my news...