New York goes into lock-down every year for the UN General Assembly, which attracts world leaders — and sends photographers like me scrambling. UN Secretary-General António Guterres and U.S. President Donald Trump (Photo by Enrique Shore) News-Decoder...
Former White House adviser Steve Bannon has had a major influence on Donald Trump and is supporting nationalists elsewhere. Here are his intellectual roots. White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon (R) and U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington,...
The U.S. is not the only country where conspiracy theories abound. But it’s alone in having a president on friendly terms with a conspiracy theorist. A man holding a Q sign waits to enter a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Wilkes-Barre,...
Paterson city and its powerful waterfall drew my immigrant family from the Middle East. The cataract may hold the key to the New Jersey city’s future. Paterson Falls (Wikimedia Commons/Francisco Diez) The city of Paterson’s celebrated waterfall sits in the...
By David Schlesinger Is it China’s century? Or is China a sclerotic, debt-laden behemoth on the verge of collapse? Is China an engine for world prosperity, first manufacturing goods for the globe, and then, with new wealth, becoming a great consumption colossus,...
With homeless people strewn across cities, young Americans might think the problem is inevitable. But it was not always so — and need not be. Panhandling at subway entrance on “Billionaires’ Row” (57th Street) (Photo by Susan Ruel) NEW YORK – Young people of...
Chinese students flaunting luxury cars and designer clothes fuel a stereotype that ignores the harsh reality for many compatriots on U.S. campuses. Chinese high school exchange students act out skits during their orientation near Ann Arbor, Michigan, 29 August 2017...
By Emily Isaacman After the 2016 presidential election, Tom Lewis, interim director of the Intensive English Program at Indiana University, said his class of foreign students felt amused, not concerned. “I think they feel that their experience here has been very...
What if North Korean leader Kim Jong-un challenged U.S. President Donald Trump to a round of golf in a high-stakes gamble at a historic summit? Donald Trump hits out of the sand in Pebble Beach, California, 11 February 2005. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) News-Decoder...
The student publication at the U.S. school where 17 people were shot dead will receive a media award overseen by News-Decoder’s parent non-profit. Two directors of News-Decoder’s parent not-for-profit are launching a global award to honor news...