by Colin McIntyre | 1 Feb 2019 | Decoders, Europe, Nationalism
It’s a term taken from cricket and baseball. Now, a “backstop” holds the key to Britain’s messy exit from the European Union. Demonstrators on the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland near Newry in Northern Ireland, 26...
by Ellis Clark, Peyton Spolansky and Feven Yared | 20 Mar 2018 | Europe, School Year Abroad, Spain, Student Posts
Catalonia has long dreamed of independence from outside rulers. Now it’s at loggerheads with its Spanish masters — at an awkward time for Europe. Catalan pro-independence supporters demonstrate in Barcelona, Spain, 11 March 2018 (EPA-EFE/Quique Garcia)...
by Nick Trombola | 28 Feb 2018 | Decoders, Europe, Indiana University, Student Posts
Northern Ireland has been peaceful for two decades. But tensions are building again as a power-sharing agreement teeters and Brexit looms. People celebrate in Belfast after the approval of the Good Friday Agreement, 23 May 1998.(AP Photo/Pacemaker, Martin Wright,...
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 Cassia Scott-Jones | 14 Nov 2017 | Europe, Student Posts
Britain is half way between its vote to leave the EU and the date it will leave the pact, and it’s not clear what will happen. Britain is already half way between its vote to leave the European Union and the date it will leave the pact, and it’s not clear...