by Arindam Nag | 29 Apr 2016 | Americas, United States
Worries over student loan debt and healthcare costs are driving youth to call for change — and to back Bernie Sanders for the U.S. presidency. At a Bernie Sanders rally in New York, 13 April 2016 (Enrique Shore) Millennials in America do not like the...
by Ivy Turinsky | 27 Apr 2016 | Donald Trump, Europe, Islam, Nationalism, Paris attacks, School Year Abroad, Student Posts, Terrorism, United States
The terror attacks on Paris have prompted the media and nationalist movements to promote fear. To succumb to fear is to play into the hands of the terrorists. “Paix pour Paris,” by Ivy Turinsky, November 20, 2015 This story won first prize in the high school category...
by News Decoder | 19 Apr 2016 | Americas, Donald Trump, United States
Last month dozens of foreign policy experts in the U.S. Republican Party issued a letter denouncing Donald Trump’s worldview and vowing to oppose his presidential candidacy. Coming from officials who had served under Republican presidents and who normally would...
by News Decoder | 13 Apr 2016 | Americas, Future of Democracy, United States
One of the biggest surprises in this year’s most surprising U.S. presidential election campaign has been the appeal of Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton’s rival to become the Democratic Party candidate. In theory, Sanders has no hope of winning the nomination of a party...
by Alan Wheatley | 11 Mar 2016 | Americas, Asia, China, Donald Trump, Europe, United States
Whatever his takeover of the Republican party says about U.S. politics, Donald Trump is capitalizing on anxiety over changes in the global economy. We asked News-Decoder correspondents for their thoughts on Donald Trump’s campaign to become U.S. president. Last...