by Charlotte Parker | 11 Nov 2016 | Americas, United States
Four students from a Texas school near the U.S. border with Mexico share their hopes and fears following the election of Donald Trump as President. Students at a primary school in Texas near the U.S. border with Mexico have written to us following this week’s...
by News Decoder | 30 Aug 2016 | Europe, Human Rights, Personal Reflections, Women
We asked News-Decoder’s ambassadors — a network of young adults around the world who believe in our mission — for their thoughts on a ban imposed by several French municipalities on the burkini swimsuit worn by some Muslim women. Here’s what...
by Pauline Bock | 23 Sep 2015 | Africa, Asia, Decoders, Europe, Middle East
This article is part of a News-Decoder series of “decoders” that explain crucial background to big issues. For more decoders, click here. By Pauline Bock Waves of migrants and refugees are threatening one of Europe’s bedrock achievements — the...
by Colin McIntyre | 28 Jul 2015 | Europe
By Colin McIntyre A quarter century after the fall of the “Iron Curtain” and the Berlin Wall separating Communist East Europe from the West, new barriers are going up across the continent. In stark contrast to the old barriers erected by the Soviet bloc to keep its...