Decoder Replay: Isn’t all for one and one for all a good thing?
Under NATO, 32 countries have pledged to defend each other. Is the United States the glue that holds it all together? Service members from nine NATO...
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Ousting Venezuela’s leader was high on Trump’s to-do list
To understand how the United States could send troops to capture Nicolás Maduro, it helps to review the relationship during Donald Trump’s...
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Decoder Replay: What role do diplomats play?
Representatives for U.S. President Donald Trump shuttle between Ukraine and Russia to try to end the war. But how much influence can diplomats...
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Can we close the “knowledge gap”?
Young people struggle to make sense of world events. That’s where our correspondents come in. Experienced journalists and teens learning from...
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Decoder Replay: Should a society pay for the sins of the past?
The legacy of slavery still haunts the descendants of both victims and enslavers. Should reparations be paid or can we simply erase the past? In an...
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When you feel sick but are embarrassed to say so
Hundreds of millions of people suffer from irritable bowel syndrome, young people in particular. But we don’t like to talk about it. A woman...
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Decoder: Are treaties worth the paper they are signed on?
When nations sign a treaty they volunteer to abide by certain terms. But what, if anything, happens if they break those agreements? The seats of the...
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Decoder Replay: Is peace in the Middle East even possible?
It is difficult to undo almost eight decades of hostility. To understand what’s happening now in Gaza you have to go back to the creation of...
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How worried are we about the future? Let’s quantify it.
The “fear index” measures the ups and downs of the stock market. That often mirrors how we feel about the economy, and world. A person...
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A decade connecting young people to the world they live in
Working with schools, News Decoder has helped teens see coherence out of the chaos of their times. A globe goes from fuzzy to clear. (Illustration...
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Can you eliminate a gender gap by segregating genders?
Around the world, data shows that girls do better in school when there are no boys in the class. Students hold up their hands in a class....
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Decoder: Great Britain aches with the chronic pain of Brexit
It was thought that the Labour Party would bring stability to the UK after a spate of political chaos. But problems there are thorny, and the...
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Decoder Replay: Can you rein in bad nations without war?
Countries are increasingly using sanctions, including travel bans, to bring rogue players into line. But history tells us that they don’t...
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Decoder Replay: Is U.S. democracy in a deathward spiral?
Half a century ago, Richard Nixon plunged the United States into a constitutional crisis. The crisis under Trump feels much worse. A protestor is...
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When a snake bites, sometimes traditional medicine won’t do the trick
In India, traditional medicine seems to cure most snake bites. But most snakes there aren’t venomous. When they are, that’s a different...
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For women athletes, world recognition is a long time coming
From Olympic racers to WNBA ballers, women are now getting the fandom and respect they have long deserved. For girls getting into the game?...
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Among explosions and gunfire, a quiet place to study
As India and Pakistan battle over control of Kashmir, young people there flock to reading halls. They still have exams to pass. Students study at a...
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Decoder Replay: The military footprint of the United States
Donald Trump commands some 200,000 U.S. troops in more than 125 military bases in 149 countries. Why are they there in the first place? U.S....
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Decoder: The Silence of America
As the threat of tyranny rises across the world, the United States has pulled funding of Radio Free Europe and other networks that broadcast...
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Decoder: The Paris (Dis)Agreement
A decade ago 195 countries gathered to find a way to slow climate change. Will the United States under Trump crash the “green economy”...
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