Joseph Kawesi is a transgender woman who risks prison for her gender identity. But she fights for her rights and those of Uganda’s LGBTQ community. Joseph Kawesi sits in her small home in a Kampala slum. Days before, this space was ransacked, apparently due to...
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...
Students at Indiana University, Westover School and Thacher School have won News-Decoder’s third essay/reporting contest and win $1,000 in prizes. Joseph Kawesi stands outside her home in Kampala, Uganda. Kawesi, a transgender woman, is the subject of Nick...
By Nelson Graves Students at Miss Porter’s School in Connecticut have been named “Decoders in the Spotlight” in recognition of their exemplary contributions in November to News-Decoder’s examination of climate change. Students in Sarah...
Emma Bapt of King’s College London has been named “Decoder in the Spotlight” in recognition of her efforts to build News-Decoder’s community. Emma Bapt, a Franco-American student at King’s College London (KCL), has been named...
By Nelson Graves Suining Sim, a student at the ISF Academy in Hong Kong, has been named News-Decoder’s first “Decoder in the Spotlight” for her outstanding contributions to our global community in September. Suining, who is in her second-to-last year...
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...
They try to cross the Mediterranean with their families. But child migrants and refugees are at great risk of abuse, exploitation and human trafficking. The body of a 3-year–old Syrian migrant boy, Aylan Kurdi, lies on the sea shore, near Bodrum, Turkey, 2 September...
The 2016 U.S. election woke up many young Americans who, like me, had limited their political participation to voting in presidential elections. Protesters demonstrate in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy, Los Angeles, 5 September...
Pickup duty at a school in South Texas, a stone’s throw from the Rio Grande River, is a window into the world of my students and their families. Bright skies over South Texas (photo by Charlotte Parker) The author, Charlotte Parker, last contributed to...