by Daniel Warner | 11 Aug 2025 | Decoders, History, Politics
When nations sign a treaty they volunteer to abide by certain terms. But what, if anything, happens if they break those agreements? The seats of the U.S. delegation are vacant during the ceremony marking the entry into force of the Ottawa Convention on the prohibition...
by Daniel Warner | 25 Jun 2025 | Decoder Replay, History, Human Rights, Israel-Palestine, Politics, Russia, Ukraine
Israel strikes crowds at food distribution sites. Russia bombs cities in the Ukraine war. Can we not hold nations to account? A Palestinian man carries the body of his child who was killed in an Israeli military strike on Gaza, at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, 19...
by Marcy Burstiner | 3 Jun 2025 | Human Rights, Journalism, United States
In only a handful of countries are journalists supported, protected and generally trusted. We need to change that. A clickable map of press freedom. Courtesy of Reporters Without Borders. After a century of gradual expansion of press rights in the United States, the...
by Jonathan Thatcher | 30 Apr 2025 | Decoder Replay, History, Politics
Around the world we see the rise of autocrats. Once they hold power it is difficult to oust them. But their fall often leaves a vacuum and chaos. A carnival float depicting Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un in Nice, France, 15 February 2025. (AP Photo/Lewis...
by Tira Shubart | 28 Mar 2025 | Decoders, Europe, History, Human Rights, Journalism, Politics
As the threat of tyranny rises across the world, the United States has pulled funding of Radio Free Europe and other networks that broadcast dissident voices. Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s...