by News Decoder | 20 Sep 2019 | News Decoder Updates
Young people today are outraged by injustice and inequality. Education must help them become global citizens who defend democratic ideals. News-Decoder Founder Nelson Graves addressing Pamoja’s 10-year celebration in Oxford, United Kingdom (Photo by HobsonCurtis...
by News Decoder | 20 Aug 2019 | Europe, Future of Democracy
By Robert Hart Nearly four months have passed since Spain voted in a general election, but Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has still not been able to form a new government. The hiatus is causing frustration at home and concern in the European Union, which is...
by News Decoder | 5 Aug 2019 | Asia, China, Discovery, Identity, Personal Reflections, Youth Voices
By Kaitlyn-Lee Mun It was a Sunday afternoon in early June at Hong Kong’s Kowloon Park. Cicadas buzzed incessantly, delivering a deafening chorus. On this humid day, the air like soup, people gathered to watch a weekly Kung Fu performance. I was in the crowd,...
by News Decoder | 25 Jul 2019 | China, Culture, Future of Democracy, Ryerson University, Youth Voices
By Ashley Fraser I recently returned from a class trip to Hong Kong, where I reported on disappearing fishing villages in the semi-autonomous territory. I met with Wong Wei King, a curator of the Tai O Culture Workshop and community member of Tai O, a...
by News Decoder | 24 Jul 2019 | Environment
Central banks have clout. Why not fight climate change by steering private banks away from fossil fuels? News-Decoder writers tackle the question. Students demonstrate against climate change in front of the European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Germany, 24 May 2019...