by Mahee Mantri | 26 Jun 2025 | Health and Wellness, Personal Reflections, Student Posts, VIBGYOR, Youth Voices
When we compare ourselves to others we feel lesser. But it is what makes you different that people will appreciate. Embrace what really makes you you. A teenager sits alone, head down, hugging her knees. (Illustration by News Decoder) This article, by high school...
by Shefali Malhotra | 25 Feb 2025 | Culture, India, Women
It’s been a decade-long journey from film school to red carpet for Mumbai director Payal Kapadia. If you want to follow her path she’s got some advice. Director Payal Kapadia at 2024 Cannes Film Festival for the world premiere of the film “All We...
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 Enzo Cazzaniga | 4 Dec 2024 | Decoder Replay, News Decoder Updates, Parallel (By)Lines, Realgymnasium Rämibühl Zürich, Youth Voices
We carry complicated identities inside us shaped in large part by where we call home. When that changes, how does that change us? Vide excerpts from a conversation between correspondent Jeremy Solomons and student Enzo Cazzaniga about identity and the idea of home. In...
by Katharine Lake Berz | 18 Sep 2024 | Culture, Decoder Replay, Europe, Politics
With an influx of migrants over the past decade, Germany is reconciling to rapidly changing demographics. The idea of German identity is evolving. In a refuge for asylum seekers in Eichsfeld, Germany, a father hugs his son who has just returned from school, 24 April...