We asked News-Decoder’s ambassadors — a network of young adults around the world who believe in our mission — for their thoughts on a ban imposed by several French municipalities on the burkini swimsuit worn by some Muslim women. Here’s what...
By Mehdi Belayachi-Rigoreau and Céline Rottier Britain is at a crossroads: To approve a costly, new nuclear power plant as a less than perfect means of eventually ensuring a clean-energy future? Or to follow Germany and Japan’s lead by eschewing nuclear...
Instagram’s new “Stories” platform taps into a human desire to share emotions and is re-shaping global marketing and social media. A woman with a frame of Instagram, Mexico City, Mexico, 26 November 2014.(EPA/Sashenka Gutierrez) We encourage our...
We asked News-Decoder’s ambassadors — a network of young adults around the world who believe in our mission — for their thoughts on the U.S. presidential race, now that the two major parties have held their nominating conventions. Here’s what...
Protesters in Cleveland, Ohio speak out against Republicans. Christopher Alexander Gellert spoke to protesters who demonstrated on the margins of the U.S. Republican National Convention last week in Cleveland, Ohio. They tell him why they decided to come into the...
I’m from Cleveland, where Republicans have nominated Donald Trump as their presidential candidate. Farce has not yet descended into tragedy. The Barbarians are coming! I was not alone in this thought when I learned Republicans were descending on my dear...
Drones are a dream come true for cameramen. But they raise thorny ethical questions and are causing headaches for regulators. A boy controlling a drone in Sieversdorf, Germany, 8 June 2016.(Patrick Pleul/picture-alliance/dpa/AP) Drones are a cameraman’s dream. They...
It’s but a 20-minute stop on the Trans-Siberian Railroad. The airport and feed mill are deserted. But Barabinsk is my hometown and always will be. Abandoned Barabinsk Airport (Photo by Daria Kuznetsova) “A small town in the center of Siberia”. That’s the...
Landscape designer Chris Hendershot traveled to Mali in 2015 and has shared with us photos that he took while in the West African country. (All photos taken by Chris Hendershot in 2015) Landscape designer Chris Hendershot traveled to Mali in 2015 and has shared with...
By Nelson Graves “We have to find a political solution, in offices and not with arms.” So said Evgenia Chatziadamido, one of four students from three continents who discussed the causes and effects of Syria’s civil war during a recent online round...