By Alistair Lyon American voters have installed a thin-skinned, deeply ignorant, misogynistic bully with a disturbed, narcissistic personality in the White House. It is hard to overstate the magnitude of the risks for his country and the world, since not even he knows...
Donald Trump has promised to tackle economic inequalities. But his policies could deepen the gaping divide between the haves and the have-nots. Donald Trump delivers his Inaugural address, Washington, 20 January 2017 (EPA/Jim Lo Scalzo) A defining economic...
We asked News-Decoder correspondents and youth ambassadors for their thoughts following Donald Trump’s inauguration as U.S. president. Here are three reactions. “The good ole days weren’t all that good.” – Betty Wong My biggest fear is a...
By Charlotte Crang On Saturday, I marched through London with women, ranging from little girls to pensioners, and their supporters. I was one of millions around the world who took to the streets to stand up for women’s rights and human dignity — the day...
By Maxine Arnheiter When I was 11 years old, my school held a rally during the 2012 U.S. presidential campaign between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. I remember staying up late with my babysitter, making a flashy, patriotically colored sign for Obama. I misspelled the...
Donald Trump has called for a ban on the entry of Muslims into the U.S. and conflated “Muslim” and “terrorist.” But many Arabs are hoping the next U.S. president will take a harder line on Iran. Donald Trump at a rally opposing the Iran nuclear...
By John Selkowitz When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, it marked the end of Communism in a nation that had been one of its strongest global advocates. It also marked a new reality: that a coalition of liberal democracies led by the United States had emerged...
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 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...
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...