Staggering crime rates and economic decline in Ciudad Juarez offer little prospect for young people with no jobs and no education. Many of them are turning to drug cartels for work.
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Pulitzer Center grantee Joe Bavier was featured in a CNN report on Boko Haram's increasingly coordinated terrorist attacks in Nigeria.
Why didn't the Arab Spring spread to the United Arab Emirates? Simple answer: Life is good.
As Ghana ramps up off-shore oil production, the government promises to attend to environmental concerns. But plans to cope with a catastrophic spill are noticeably missing.
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Staggering crime rates and economic decline in Ciudad Juarez offer little prospect for young people with no jobs and no education. Many of them are turning to drug cartels for work.
With at least 48,000 casualties in the last five years, the drug war in Mexico has resulted in widespread desensitization to the violence that permeates daily life.
What does the gentrification of an Istanbul neighborhood mean for its Kurdish population?
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Overuse of antibiotics and poor sanitation in India have created a powerful new antibiotic-resistant superbug, which has spread to a dozen countries, thanks in part to medical tourism.
U.S. officials believe Iran’s ongoing progress towards a nuclear weapon is pushing Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt and Turkey to follow suit, raising the odds of an Arab nuclear arms race.
With the economy slowing and the peace process in stagnation, the West Bank's younger generation is at a political crossroad.
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Gateways contain multiple Pulitzer Center reporting projects that focus on a single issue
From the gold in our jewelry to the shrimp at our favorite restaurant and the minerals within our electronics, the true cost of production—both social and environmental—too often remains hidden.
The initial shock of the earthquake has passed but Haiti continues its struggle to overcome both man-made and natural disasters.
The Downstream Gateway examines global issues related to water, from ecosystems and watersheds to freshwater resources, conservation efforts, and the impact of human activity and public policy.
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Photojournalist Dominic Bracco talks about his reporting on Mexico's Los Ninis, young people with little education and no job prospects who are caught in the cycle of drug violence.
Sharif Abdel Kouddous talks about his return to Cairo after the fall of Hosni Mubarak to report on the continuing struggle for reform and social justice.
Pulitzer Center grantee Kathryn Joyce traveled to Ethiopia to report on the sudden surge in international adoptions--the country's lucrative new "export industry."
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Pulitzer Center Senior Editor Tom Hundley highlights reporting on Los NiNis of Ciudad Juarez and the gentrification of Istanbul's Kurdish neighborhoods.
Photojournalist Dominic Bracco II and Pulitzer Center's Mark Schulte spoke with US and Mexican high school students about human rights at the WorldLink Youth Town Meeting conference in San Diego.
Pulitzer Center Senior Editor Tom Hundley highlights this week's reporting from Ghana, Bolivia, and Pakistan.
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SIUC was one of the founding charter members of the Pulitzer Center Consortium when it formally launched in January 2009.
Boston University is one of the Consortium partners that has experimented with diverse ways of linking Pulitzer Center journalists with BU students, faculty and the broader community.
In 2010, The George Washington University became our first Campus Consortium partner in Washington, DC via its School of Media and Public Affairs.
The College of William & Mary is the second oldest college in the nation and a cutting-edge research university utilizing a Campus Consortium program that will serve as an example for others.
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February 4, 2012
Poet Kwame Dawes presents his multimedia exploration of Haiti's earthquake through the lives, and voices, of Haitians confronting the ongoing consequences of this disaster.
February 6, 2012
Poet Kwame Dawes presents his multimedia exploration of Haiti's earthquake through the lives, and voices, of Haitians confronting the ongoing consequences of this disaster.
February 9, 2012 to March 24, 2012
David Rochkind's photographs of the TB epidemic in Moldova, India and South Africa will be displayed at Global Health in Focus, an exhibition co-sponsored by Pulitzer Center and Boston University.
February 16, 2012
Pulitzer Center grantee Andre Lambertson to speak about his experience reporting from Haiti at the University of Virginia.
March 7, 2012
Pulitzer Center photojournalist David Rochkind will share his thoughts on the TB epidemic at a panel discussion "Why Global Health Matters," a part of the Global Health in Focus exhibition.
March 9, 2012 to June 3, 2012
Marcus Bleasdale's photographs will be featured in the exhibit, For the Love of God: Child Soldiers in The Lord's Resistance Army at the Fotografiska Museum in Stockholm, Sweden.
March 21, 2012
Join the Pulitzer Center for a film screening and discussion on the impact of natural resource extraction on the environment, indigenous populations, public health and corporate responsibility.