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.

Child Brides Panel Participants
April 13, 2012
by Jennifer McDonald

Hundreds hear from Jon Sawyer and Cynthia Gorney at Wake Forest University community event focused on child marriage.

April 12, 2012
by Jennifer McDonald

Resources for teachers and students ahead of Dominic Bracco's classroom visit.

April 10, 2012
by Dominic Bracco II

Photojournalist Dominic Bracco II visits Davidson College to discuss his reporting on Juarez's Ninis—youth with little education and no job prospects living in the midst of Mexico's drug wars.

April 4, 2012
by Jennifer McDonald

Stephanie Sinclair is a finalist in the National Magazine Award competition for her photography of child brides around the world.

April 3, 2012
by Jennifer McDonald

Listen to Wake Forest Journalism Director Justin Catanoso discuss his school's partnership with the Pulitzer Center, Guilford College and High Point University.

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