May 16, 2012 / Untold Stories by Kathryn Joyce

Short waiting periods and high availability of young children have made Ethiopia an international adoption hot spot. Babies have become a major "export" but corruption is rampant.

May 15, 2012 / Foreign Policy by Anna Sussman

Prostitution is still legal in Turkey, but this Muslim country is cracking down on the sex trade.

Esteban Ruiseco playing clarinet.
May 7, 2012 / BBC by Dominic Bracco II, Susana Seijas

A former school drop-out, Esteban Ruiseco is the type of teenager Mexico's drug cartels prey upon. And he might have joined them, if the clarinet hadn't given him hope for a better future.

April 28, 2012 / Untold Stories by Eliza Griswold, Seamus Murphy

Afghan entrepreneurs are taking advantage of new technology, including audio editions, to bring books to a market that faces the challenge of 28 percent illiteracy.

April 27, 2012 / The New York Times by Eliza Griswold, Seamus Murphy

Afghan women are writing poetry of love, war, exile, grief and Afghan independence with ferocity. By writing it they are also risking their lives.

April 27, 2012 / Untold Stories by Eliza Griswold, Seamus Murphy

Pulitzer Center grantees Eliza Griswold and Seamus Murphy visit a Sufi mosque and experience snow—and a traffic jam—in Kabul, Afghanistan.

April 24, 2012 / Untold Stories by Jenna Krajeski

A day in the life of Abdullah Demirbas, the pro-Kurdish mayor of the Sur district in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir.

March 30, 2012 / The Caravan by Jenna Krajeski

Diyarbakır’s 1.5 million Kurdish residents are isolated from western Turkey; they are dismissed, vilified, feared. Now they are on TV.

March 15, 2012 / Untold Stories by Marcus Bleasdale

Adding to the Kony2012 discussion is Pulitzer Center photojournalist Marcus Bleasdale's video featuring interviews with children abducted by the Lord's Resistant Army.

March 14, 2012 / Untold Stories

Joseph Kony's murderous crimes are now widely known thanks to #Kony2012, a 30-minute video that has gone viral. What now?

March 13, 2012 / Untold Stories by Jon Sawyer, Kem Knapp Sawyer

Thirteen-year old Cynthia Desert attends l'Ecole Nationale Republique du Chili, a 15-minute walk from her home—a tent camp in Port-au-Prince.

March 13, 2012 / The Washington Post by Kem Knapp Sawyer

What is life like for a 13-year-old Haitian girl, two years after the earthquake?

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