As protests for racial justice sweep across the U.S., young people are demanding an end to persistent inequities around the world. A Black Lives Matter protest in London, 7 June 2020 (photo by Charlotte Crang) We asked young people in News Decoder’s network to...
Paw Paw Nocturne By Karina Pantoja I admit that when slithering pink-honeyed sky is replaced by breaking charcoal-stained night I swallow the busiest road in town and throw it up, its spine tangled among pink hydrangea petals, garage sale signs, wine bottles and...
By Naudika Williams The sound of a bullet Moves like a casual walk. It goes out my door And walks up my street. It buys from the corner store And heads where friends meet. The sound of a bullet Talks like a relative. It visits us daily And speaks to our kin, Sharing...
The African man is in an impossible situation. He is neither the man before colonialism nor a true Westerner. He is lost in a chasm between two worlds. Hawkers sell patriotic merchandise ahead of Ghana’s 50th anniversary of independence, 2 March 2007. Ghana was the...
Hate crimes have surged in Italy as a new governing coalition takes a hard line on immigrants, capitalizing on citizens’ fears of foreigners. Migrants being rescued by the ship “Aquarius,” 10 August 2018 (EPA-EFE/Guglielmo Mangiapane/SOS Mediterranee) When...
