COVID-19 has hit France and the U.S. to a similar extent. But their approaches to tackling the pandemic have been radically different — as I’ve seen. Elisabeth Wachtel in front of the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral In January, I moved from the United States to...
How can a photography class make better global citizens? Caleb Portfolio of Westover School helps students discover themselves and the world. Caleb Portfolio Caleb Portfolio teaches photography and video at Westover School. That means he teaches certain necessary...
Journalists are under threat around the world. What to do? Take out a subscription to defend press freedom and democracy, one expert suggests. Robert Mahoney of the Committee to Protect Journalists has an easy idea for how anybody can support freedom of the press and...
This story won a third prize in News Decoder’s Ninth Storytelling Contest. My family came to the U.S. from Mexico. I used to be ashamed of our humble lifestyle. I offer these photos to show I’m now proud. Originally from Zapotitlan Palmas, a small town in...
I was taught that Modern Colonialism was a force for global good. Later I learned it was a system of exploitation, oppression and enslavement. World empires and colonies in 1914, just before World War One (Wikimedia Commons). As the leaders of the Commonwealth of...
