by Joahnna Tool | 13 Aug 2025 | Education, Human Rights, Politics
When students return to university, it will be with the threat that masked agents can come and take them or their classmates away. What lessons will they learn? Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil poses for a portrait during an interview, 3 July 2025, in New York....
by Gene Gibbons | 11 Jun 2025 | Decoder Replay, History, Politics, United States
Half a century ago, Richard Nixon plunged the United States into a constitutional crisis. The crisis under Trump feels much worse. A protestor is detained near the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles, California 8 June 2025, following a protest over...
by Bernd Debusmann | 12 May 2025 | Decoders, Europe, History, Nationalism, Politics
For eons, European nations were at war with each other. The formation of the European Union was meant to change that. Isn’t that a good thing, Mr. President? A teacher stands before a map of Europe in a classroom. Illustration by News Decoder. This article was...
by Tauseef Ahmad and Sajid Raina | 1 May 2025 | India, Journalism, Politics
Reporters in South Asia have risked their lives to report stories for Voice of America. Now, these journalists are left exposed and their stories left untold. The sign on the Voice of America building in Washington, D.C., 15 June 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) This...
by Daniel Warner | 10 Mar 2025 | Decoders, Europe, History, Politics, Russia, Ukraine, United States
How to get the significance of Donald Trump’s bitterness towards Europe? You have to look at the complicated dance between Russia and the United States. U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands at the beginning of a...