by News Decoder | 1 Aug 2016 | Americas, Personal Reflections, Politics, United States
We asked News-Decoder’s ambassadors — a network of young adults around the world who believe in our mission — for their thoughts on the U.S. presidential race, now that the two major parties have held their nominating conventions. Here’s what...
by News Decoder | 26 Jul 2016 | Americas, Politics, United States
Protesters in Cleveland, Ohio speak out against Republicans. Christopher Alexander Gellert spoke to protesters who demonstrated on the margins of the U.S. Republican National Convention last week in Cleveland, Ohio. They tell him why they decided to come into the...
by Christopher Alexander Gellert | 20 Jul 2016 | Americas, Politics, United States
I’m from Cleveland, where Republicans have nominated Donald Trump as their presidential candidate. Farce has not yet descended into tragedy. The Barbarians are coming! I was not alone in this thought when I learned Republicans were descending on my dear...
by Emma Bapt | 5 Jul 2016 | Decoders, King’s College London, Politics, United States
Americans die every day from guns, yet lawmakers struggle to pass laws to control powerful firearms. Why do Americans have a love affair with guns? A hand gun at a shooting range in Wichita, Kansas, 26 June 2008. (EPA/Larry W. Smith) This article is part of a...
by Bernd Debusmann | 28 Jun 2016 | Europe, United States
By Bernd Debusmann The last opinion survey on Britain’s EU referendum was conducted on the day citizens cast their votes and was published just hours before polling stations closed on June 23. The YouGov poll found 52 percent in favor of remaining in the European...
by News Decoder | 17 Jun 2016 | Europe, Student Posts, United States
By Giulia Morpurgo The opening of a new U.S. missile defense base in Romania has sparked protest from Russia and will be high on the agenda of next month’s NATO summit in Warsaw. The base is part of a U.S. defense system that Washington says would shield U.S....
by Enrique Shore | 8 Jun 2016 | Politics, United States
Hillary finally entered. When she raised her arms, the cheers turned very loud. Everybody understood that she had clinched the Democratic nomination. Hillary acknowledging applause, Brooklyn, New York, 7 June 2016 (Photo by Enrique Shore) News-Decoder correspondent...
by Giuliana Nicolucci-Altman | 7 Jun 2016 | Americas, Europe, Islam, School Year Abroad, Student Posts, Terrorism, United States
I’ve spent the past year in France. I’m not French, but I no longer identify completely as an American. It’s given me a new perspective. A Muslim student puts on her head scarf as she leaves high school in Lille, France, 2 September 2004. France bans...
by News Decoder | 6 Jun 2016 | Sports, United States
Muhammad Ali shattered conventions inside and outside the boxing ring, and he forever changed the relationship between sports stars and fans. Muhammad Ali at a rally against the Vietnam War, Chicago, 11 May 1967(AP Photo/Charles Harrity) This is our second story on...
by Charles Aldinger | 5 Jun 2016 | Americas, History, Sports, United States
I covered the boxing match when Muhammad Ali beat Sonny Liston for his first world championship. My white shirt was speckled with Liston’s blood. Cassius Clay, later named Muhammad Ali, hits Sonny Liston in their championship fight in Miami Beach, 25 February...