by Ricardo López | 22 Dec 2017 | Americas, Europe, Middle East, Nationalism, Student Posts, Thacher School, United States, Youth Voices
Democracy and the post-war world order are under siege as populist and nationalist forces gain ground around the world. We must wake up and act. This story was co-winner in the high school division in News-Decoder’s Arch Roberts Jr essay/reporting contest. You...
by Emily Isaacman | 18 Dec 2017 | Americas, Environment, Indiana University, Student Posts, United States, Youth Voices
By Emily Isaacman In the traditional farmlands of America’s Midwest, where the term “climate change” is taboo, the weather has turned farmers’ lives upside down. Unprecedented storms, droughts and high temperatures are forcing farmers to adjust practices...
by News Decoder | 11 Dec 2017 | Education, United States
Do you think universities should create “safe spaces” and offer “trigger warnings” for material that might upset students? Here are two opposing views. Protesters shout before a speaking engagement by Ben Shapiro at the University of California...
by Alistair Lyon | 11 Dec 2017 | Islam, Israel-Palestine, Middle East, United States
In vowing to move the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, Donald Trump has torn up the diplomatic rule book, satisfying his base but at what cost? An Israeli soldier looks at the Western Wall at the Old City of Jerusalem with the Dome of the Rock in the background,...
by Bernd Debusmann | 1 Dec 2017 | Americas, United States
By Bernd Debusmann Is it acceptable for students to resort to violence to silence a speaker whose views offend them? Or to drown, with chants and boos, a speech expressing repugnant thought? What about angry demonstrations to force university administrators to cancel...
by Nelson Graves | 17 Nov 2017 | Europe, United States
By Nelson Graves France is America’s best military ally — even with Donald Trump in the White House. The Iran nuclear deal is working, even if Iran is a geopolitical problem. Trump just might end up negotiating with North Korea. And it’s no use...
by News Decoder | 20 Oct 2017 | Israel-Palestine, Middle East, United States
We originally published this article in February after Donald Trump took office as U.S. president and said he was not committed to a two-state solution in Palestine. We are publishing it again because of the continuing importance of the issue, which was the focus of a...
by Siddharth Srivatsan | 18 Oct 2017 | Americas, Sports, United States
I waded into a raging debate over race relations in America. I emerged battered and bruised — and better able to understand different views. San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick (center) kneels in protest with teammates during the national anthem...
by News Decoder | 10 Oct 2017 | Americas, Chadwick School, China, ISF Academy, North Korea, Student Posts, United States, Youth Voices
By Suining Sim History never repeats itself, but it often echoes. In an exclusive webinar with former Reuters Editor-in-Chief David Schlesinger, students from the ISF Academy in Hong Kong and Chadwick International school in South Korea discussed tensions between the...
by News Decoder | 5 Oct 2017 | Americas, Sports, United States
By John Mehaffey U.S. President Donald Trump’s attacks on professional football players who have protested during the national anthem against racial injustice and police brutality tap into a toxic racist well depressingly familiar to generations of black American...