Are you interested in driving political change? Getting fired up about U.S. midterm elections this year? Here’s advice from a young man in the trenches. The author (second from right) with an animated U.S. Rep. Mark Takano (D-Cal), Washington, DC, May 2017...
By Robert Hart As a new year starts, Spain’s increasingly bitter constitutional crisis over a bid for independence by the separatist-led government of the northeastern region of Catalonia seems no closer to a solution and threatens to deepen divisions in Catalan...
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...
Suzuyo Takazato first protested against a U.S. military base on Japan’s Okinawa island in 1995 after the rape of a schoolgirl. She persists today. (Photo by Joe Coleman) This story was co-winner in the university division in News-Decoder’s Arch Roberts Jr...
Do you think universities should create “safe spaces” and offer “trigger warnings” for material that might upset students? Here are two opposing views. Protesters shout before a speaking engagement by Ben Shapiro at the University of California...