Philippine President Duterte’s war on drugs has killed thousands of citizens extra-judicially. Can the country still be called a democracy? Filipino Dennis David (center) holds a picture of his son, who was a victim of a drug-related killing, as he attends a...
Following the Philippines’ play book, Sri Lanka has re-instated the death penalty for drug dealers, shrugging off criticism from rights groups and the EU. Sri Lankan women protest against the execution in Saudi Arabia of a Sri Lankan domestic worker, Colombo,...
By John Mehaffey A proposal to scrap all world track and field records set before 2005 has divided the athletics community and exposed the illegal drugs problem that continues to bedevil the core sport of the Olympic Games. Blood and urine samples from world record...
By Alec Fullerton At the age of 16, I headed off on a typical student exchange with a French school. Despite the old-fashioned teaching style and the amusingly novel sight of a teacher smoking a clope out the window mid-class, the most striking difference between...
Danielle Castonzo of Indiana University and Ivy Turinsky of School Year Abroad France have won News-Decoder’s writing contest. Nuclear weapons, renewable energy, criminal justice, refugees, terrorism, drugs, nationalism, urban growth, sex trafficking —...