by Amelia Weiss | 8 Apr 2025 | Culture, France, School Year Abroad, Student Posts, Youth Voices
In the United States, people are obsessed with cars and highways. In France, a train or bus will get you where you want to go. A high speed train in France. (Credit: Leonid Andronov) This article, by high school student Amelia Weiss, was produced out of News...
by Christopher "Breck" DuPaul | 3 Apr 2025 | France, Government, Journalism, Politics, School Year Abroad, Student Posts, Youth Voices
A U.S. student in France wanted to know how French people felt about their government. The common thread he discovered? Mécontentement. Demonstrators display a banner which reads ‘democracy against austerity’ during a protest, responding to a call from the...
by Birgit Kaspar and Alistair Lyon | 12 Mar 2025 | Africa, Decoder Replay, France, History, Human Rights
It’s been 60 years since Algeria won freedom. The nation’s former ruler, France, is still struggling with its colonial legacy, national identity and values. A Sunday school girl has her schoolbag inspected by French army soldiers before she is allowed to...
by Leah Eichler | 29 Jan 2025 | Americas, Decoder Replay, Politics
Trump isn’t the only American who considers Canada the 51st state. It shares a continent but it is its own nation and a big player in world affairs. A cyclist rides past the sign for the U.S.-Canada border at the Peace Arch Historical State Park in August 2021...
by Amanda Dominique-Santos | 19 Dec 2024 | Culture, Education, France, Health and Wellness, School Year Abroad, Student Posts, Youth Voices
In studying in France I learned something I didn’t expect. Back home we all rush around so much we miss what’s most important: The life around us. The hands of the author’s host sister at the piano keyboard. (Photo by Amanda Dominique-Santos) This...