France will elect a new president this spring. Here’s a run-down on the four leading candidates and their key policy positions. (Photo courtesy of EPA) This is part of a series of stories by students at King’s College London on France’s presidential...
This is part of a series of articles by students at King’s College London on France’s presidential election and on major political issues in Europe and the United States. By Justine Guérin Politics are changing around the globe, and France is no exception...
This is part of a series of articles by students at King’s College London on France’s presidential election and on major political issues in Europe and the United States. By Clara Piacenza Far-right leader Marine Le Pen is a candidate who cannot be counted...
This is the second in a series of articles by students at King’s College London on major political issues in Europe and the United States. By Gaétan Perdoux France will soon choose a new president in one of several elections in Europe that could change the face...
Increasingly we are living in media silos that divide us from large numbers of fellow citizens. Here are some tricks for bursting your media bubble. Worried about alternative facts? Try entering an alternative universe. Like it or not, each of us lives in a media...
Is Donald Trump’s administration straight out of George Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984”? Or is the U.S. mainstream media in an anti-Trump frenzy? The logo of Ingsoc, the political ideology of the totalitarian government of Oceania, in George...
We asked News-Decoder’s youth ambassadors for their thoughts following Donald Trump’s inauguration as U.S. president. Here is what four of them wrote. “I will let his record determine my judgment.” – Elizabeth S. Wong I do not like or...
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...
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 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...