November 7, 2011 /
PBS NewsHour
Stephen Sapienza
Illegal gold mining has become rampant in Peru. The government has tried to curb the practice by raiding mining operations, but so far this has had little impact.
October 28, 2011 /
PBS NewsHour
Fred de Sam Lazaro, Stephen Sapienza
The world is on the brink of a major population milestone. Fred de Sam Lazaro and Steve Sapienza report on how a growing population is impacting societies across the globe.
August 31, 2011 /
PBS NewsHour
Fred de Sam Lazaro
Brazilian women's changing roles in society have led to a dramatic decrease in the country's fertility rates.
July 25, 2011 /
PBS NewsHour
Dan Grossman
Mongolia's rising temperatures and extreme weather conditions are impacting the livestock of the country's nomadic herders.
July 11, 2011 /
PBS NewsHour
Rebecca Hamilton
PBS Newshour speaks with Pulitzer Center journalist Rebecca Hamilton on the challenges the new nation of South Sudan, which declared independence on Saturday, July 9, will face in the future.
July 11, 2011 /
PBS NewsHour
Stephanie Sinclair
PBS Newshour's Hari Sreenivasan interviewed Stephanie Sinclair on her work surrounding the issue of child marriage.
May 31, 2011 /
PBS NewsHour
Rebecca Hamilton
PBS Newshour speaks to Rebecca Hamilton on its May 31 News Wrap. She speaks about North and South Sudan's agreement to set up a demilitarized border zone patrolled by both sides.
May 30, 2011 /
PBS NewsHour
Rebecca Hamilton
PBS NewsHour speaks with Rebecca Hamilton on Northern Sudan's warning to Southern Sudan to withdraw from the disputed border region of Abyei; the South refused.
April 28, 2011 /
PBS NewsHour
Dawn Sinclair Shapiro
In "Edge of Joy," filmmaker Dawn Shapiro goes inside a busy maternity ward in Nigeria, where maternal deaths are among the world's highest.
March 22, 2011 /
PBS NewsHour
Stephen Sapienza
Special correspondent Steve Sapienza reports on an innovative approach for getting water to slum dwellers in Bangladesh.