Two News-Decoder “ambassadors” offer their thoughts on Hillary Clinton’s campaign to become the next U.S. president. Hillary Clinton, Ankeny, Iowa, 16 August 2015. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) Two of News-Decoder’s young...
By Pauline Bock Fresh flowers, candles and messages of love mark the sites of the Paris attacks where shaken survivors and mourners pay their respects at makeshift shrines and wonder what the future will bring. “I think about it constantly,” said...
By Barry Moody The horrific attacks in Paris have given new impetus to the struggle against extremism, but they also highlight the failures and limitations of Western policy. After the November 13 attacks, President François Hollande said France was at war with...
(November 25 marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, designated as such by the United Nations General Assembly in 1999.) By Urvashi Bundel It’s been 22 years since the UN adopted a declaration urging states to end all violence...
By Randall Mikkelsen The attacks in Paris have jolted candidates for the U.S. presidency into advocating tougher action against the Islamic State without committing large numbers of U.S. troops, with leading Republicans favoring curbs on Syrian refugees. Until this...