by News Decoder | 3 Jan 2017 | Journalism, Media Literacy, School Year Abroad, Student Posts, United States, Women
By Yesenia Mozo I live in a couple of different worlds. One is within me — a queer person of color, born of immigrant parents, fighting for an education despite strapped family finances. This world often collides with others, particularly with my world at home....
by News Decoder | 22 Dec 2016 | Islam, Middle East, Politics, United States
By Alistair Lyon U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has casually hurled a diplomatic grenade into the Middle East. He has picked as his ambassador to Israel a fervent sponsor of Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land and an enemy of any two-state solution to...
by News Decoder | 21 Dec 2016 | Environment, School Year Abroad, Student Posts, United States
This article was a runner-up in the high school category of News-Decoder’s second essay/reporting contest. By Kate Curry While the United States ponders the domestic implications of Donald Trump’s election victory, the rest of the world is anxious about...
by Michaela Cohen | 20 Dec 2016 | Americas, Economy, Europe, Greens Farms Academy, Student Posts, United States
With the election of Donald Trump and Brexit, the world is at a crossroads. We can close our ears to the pleas of the disaffected, or start to listen. Donald Trump welcomes Nigel Farage, left, ex-leader of the British UKIP party, at a campaign rally in Jackson, Miss.,...
by News Decoder | 14 Dec 2016 | Contests, News Decoder Updates, Youth Voices
By Nelson Graves Alina Kaur of Novosibirsk State University and Nicholas Jain of Princeton Day School have won News-Decoder’s $1,000 contest showcasing young people’s perspectives on critical global issues. More than half of the submissions to...