by Daniel Warner | 22 Sep 2025 | History, Politics, United States
Young people led political revolutions in the 50s and 60s but now seem to throw their support to those past retirement age. Former President of Ireland and Former UN Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson at COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 9 December...
by News Decoder | 18 Sep 2025 | Politics, United States
In the United States there seems to be a war on free speech. But taking down TV shows is just one way the powerful can silence speech they don’t like. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution with the sections on free speech and press redacted. (Illustration...
by Aida Sherwani | 22 Jul 2025 | Europe, United States, Youth Voices
Racial bias isn’t readily apparent in Latvia. But simply how you use your voice can set you apart as a foreigner. People tell a young woman to be quiet. (Illustration by News Decoder) The first time someone told me I was “too loud” in Latvia, I laughed. Not...
by Nelson Graves | 9 Jul 2025 | Decoder Replay, History, Politics, United States
Nine justices hold seats on the U.S. Supreme Court. In their hands lie fundamental questions of liberty, equity and who has the right to American citizenship. The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2025. Front row, left to right: Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor,...
by John West | 16 Jun 2025 | China, Economy, Politics, Technology, United States
Many people in the United States feel they can’t live without an iPhone. But its global components have put it is at the heart of an international trade battle. An iPhone box. (Photo credit Marcy Burstiner) This article was produced exclusively for News...
by Gene Gibbons | 11 Jun 2025 | Decoder Replay, History, Politics, United States
Half a century ago, Richard Nixon plunged the United States into a constitutional crisis. The crisis under Trump feels much worse. A protestor is detained near the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles, California 8 June 2025, following a protest over...
by Tira Shubart | 5 Jun 2025 | Europe, Japan, Politics, Space, United States
Some 10,000 U.S. soldiers protect weather balloons and navigation and spy satellites from threats from above. It isn’t the only space force out there. Pituffik Space Base in Greenland on 4 October 2023. (Credit: Thomas Traasdahl/Ritzau Scanpix) Not many military...
by Marcy Burstiner | 3 Jun 2025 | Human Rights, Journalism, United States
In only a handful of countries are journalists supported, protected and generally trusted. We need to change that. A clickable map of press freedom. Courtesy of Reporters Without Borders. After a century of gradual expansion of press rights in the United States, the...
by Jack McConnel | 29 May 2025 | Government, Politics, Student Posts, Tatnall School, United States, Youth Voices
Voters in the U.S. state of Delaware elected someone to Congress because of issues they care about. The gender of that person at birth was not one of them. U.S. Rep. Sarah McBride walks through the U.S. Capitol on 2 April 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via AP Images)...
by Karolina Krakowiak | 15 Apr 2025 | Economy, Environment, Technology, United States
U.S. trade wars could create new alliances around energy independence and make fossil fuel investments risky. Two women work on the production line of solar panels at a factory in Sihong County in east China’s Jiangsu province, 23 January 2025. (FeatureChina via...