by Michaela Cohen | 20 Dec 2016 | Americas, Donald Trump, Europe, Globalization, 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 Nelson Graves | 1 Nov 2016 | Americas, Donald Trump, Europe, United States
By Nelson Graves U.S. populists such as Donald Trump share grievances with supporters of Britain’s campaign to leave the European Union, including antagonism towards immigrants and antipathy towards elites, but not all contemporary populists are cut from the...
by Alistair Lyon | 10 Oct 2016 | Human Rights, Islam, Middle East
Yemen’s civil war has accelerated the collapse of a fragmented Arab state, but don’t hold your breath for international action to mitigate war horrors. A Yemeni woman strokes the arm of her malnourished infant, Sanaa, Yemen, 27 November 2014. (EPA/Yahya...
by News Decoder | 30 Jun 2016 | Europe
By Alistair Lyon The EU referendum result struck me with a sickening jolt when I woke up last Friday. My mental universe had lurched all of a sudden. The shift seemed dangerous, uncontrollable and, at least for the immediate future, irrevocable. I felt furious at...
by News Decoder | 29 Jun 2016 | Europe, School Year Abroad, Student Posts, Youth Voices
News-Decoder asked some of its young readers for their views following Britain’s vote to leave the European Union. Here is what they had to say. “I am really worried this vote means a victory for populism.” – Léa Surugue I am French but have...