by Nelson Graves | 12 May 2021 | Contests, News Decoder Updates, Thacher School, Westover School
Students at Thacher and Westover schools took five of eight awards in News Decoder’s latest Storytelling Contest, won by Christina MacCorkle. The winners of News Decoder’s Ninth Storytelling Contest, clockwise from upper left: Li Keira Yin, Christina...
by Nelson Graves | 26 Apr 2021 | Indiana University, News Decoder Updates, Students in the Spotlight
Evan Wright wants someday to work at the U.S. State Department. The Indiana University student says News Decoder is helping him blaze a career. Evan Wright Evan Wright of Indiana University has published two articles on News Decoder, participated in three webinars and...
by Evan Wright | 14 Apr 2021 | Asia, Contest winners, Contests, Human Rights, Indiana University, Politics, Student Posts, Youth Voices
They are 8,000 miles from Myanmar, but Burmese in the U.S. are raising money in a fight for the restoration of democracy in the Asian nation. A recent protest against the military coup in Myanmar, in Indianapolis, Indiana (courtesy of Elaisa Vahnie) This story was a...
by Bernd Debusmann | 22 Mar 2021 | Health and Wellness, Politics, World
Emboldened by the COVID-19 pandemic, autocrats are strengthening their grip around the world as democracy steadily loses ground. Police arrest a pro-democracy protester in Hong Kong, China, 29 September 2019. (EPA-EFE/FAZRY ISMAIL) If you live in a country fully...
by News Decoder | 25 Oct 2018 | Asia
I went to Myanmar on a whim, and it was the best decision I could ever have made. (All photos by Sam Graves) By Sam Graves These are photos I took during my first trip to Myanmar in June 2018. I had been teaching in Vietnam and was able to travel all over Southeast...