By Robert Holloway It is the year 2242. A small group of people emerge from a battered bus in the morning twilight. They walk across barren ground towards a white concrete wall that stretches left and right as far as the eye can see. They are thin and shabbily...
Donald Trump tapped into racism to win the White House. But I assert my identity — Middle Eastern, Jewish, female — and will fight to succeed despite prejudice. Hannah Shraim, 17, affixes her hijab, Germantown, Maryland, U.S., 13 May 2016.(AP...
By Nelson Graves Are you worried that Donald Trump will curtail civil liberties and undercut democratic institutions in the United States? Well, his election could also have profound implications for democracy and human rights in the rest of the world, where...
What if gun violence spreads like a disease? A group of researchers has cut gun violence by treating it like a sickness. Christina Johnson holds up a picture of her son, Christopher, who was shot to death while sitting in his car in Chicago, 10 December 2015. There...
African Americans are less likely than whites to own guns. But blacks are becoming more interested in owning firearms. Howard University, Women’s Rifle Team, Washington, DC 1937(Photo courtesy of blackhistoryalbum.tumblr.com) Kenn Blanchard’s grandmother and her...
(Source: Dutch Public Broadcasting) We continue to receive reflections from our correspondents and youth ambassadors now that Donald Trump has become U.S. president. Here are the three latest contributions. “I am afraid the election of Trump has marked a...
Four News-Decoder correspondents look at Donald Trump and his potential impact on the U.S. economy, the media and democracy. Donald Trump’s Twitter account as U.S. president, 20 January 2017. (AP Photo) Here are the views of four News-Decoder correspondents on Donald...
We asked News-Decoder’s youth ambassadors for their thoughts following Donald Trump’s inauguration as U.S. president. Here is what four of them wrote. “I will let his record determine my judgment.” – Elizabeth S. Wong I do not like or...
By Alistair Lyon American voters have installed a thin-skinned, deeply ignorant, misogynistic bully with a disturbed, narcissistic personality in the White House. It is hard to overstate the magnitude of the risks for his country and the world, since not even he knows...
Donald Trump has promised to tackle economic inequalities. But his policies could deepen the gaping divide between the haves and the have-nots. Donald Trump delivers his Inaugural address, Washington, 20 January 2017 (EPA/Jim Lo Scalzo) A defining economic...