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April 23, 2018 | The Greenfield Recorder
Worlds Collide: Leverett Group Visits Kentucky
In rural Kentucky, a project works to mend the political divide between Americans and find common ground.
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North America
April 16, 2018 | The Greenfield Recorder
"Hands Across the Hills" Heads to Kentucky
Grassroots delegation from Massachusetts heads to Kentucky for an initiative to bridge political and cultural differences.
April 14, 2018 | Pulitzer Center
Get Active: National Fitness Movement for Native Kids
NBFIT3 week is a national fitness movement spearheaded by the Notah Begay III Foundation dedicated to getting Native kids active in sports such as cross country and soccer.
April 12, 2018 | Pulitzer Center
Making a Difference Is a Community Matter: The Fight Against Childhood Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in Native Youth
Native Youth fight against epidemic rates of obesity and Type 2 Diabetes, but local community organizations are aiming to help disrupt the statistics.
April 12, 2018 | PBS NewsHour
The Placebo Effect’s Role in Healing, Explained
Science writer Erik Vance visited healers in the U.S., China, and Mexico to study the placebo effect. He has been blessed, cursed, and tortured in countless ways.
April 09, 2018 | PBS NewsHour
Jailing the Mentally Ill
John Yang and Frank Carlson explore better solutions on how to treat the mentally ill, specifically ways that do not include imprisonment.
April 08, 2018 | Pulitzer Center
Marcando la diferencia en Nuevo México: salud y nutrición de los Nativos Americanos
Debido a la diabetes y la obesidad, los estudios encuentran que esta generación de niños Nativos Americanos puede ser la primera que no sobrevive a sus padres.
April 06, 2018 | Pulitzer Center
Making a Difference in New Mexico: Native American Health and Nutrition
Due to diabetes and obesity, studies find that this generation of Native American children may be the first that does not outlive their parents.
April 02, 2018 | National Native News
The Penobscot Nation Criticizes Maine’s Attorney General for Siding with Another State Against Tribal Fishing Rights
An upcoming Supreme Court case centered on treaty fishing rights in Washington State creates controversy on the other side of the country.
March 15, 2018 | Rethink
Lessons from Hurricane Harvey
In August 2017 Hurricane Harvey flooded Houston. With predicted increases in extreme weather events, city planners across the globe are faced with the task of working with, rather than against, nature.
March 13, 2018 | Pulitzer Center
The Face of Financial Abuse
Even when their spouses pass, financial abuse lingers, making it difficult to move forward.
March 13, 2018 | Pulitzer Center
Exploring Mental Illness Through Musical Theatre
Musical theatre has been used to highlight important social issues for years. Now, "Dear Evan Hansen" is combating the stereotypes of mental illness.
Hands Across the Hills
Can a “liberal” New England college community and a “conservative” coal-mining Kentucky county’s heartfelt search for common ground point the way toward healing the nation’s deep divisions?
Criminal Justice Challenges
Two reports on criminal justice: a look at efforts to keep the mentally ill out of jail and an examination of the struggle to provide the poor with public defenders.
Girlhood Denied
Girlhood Denied is the first visual journalistic project that seeks to document girls and the underrepresented Complex PTSD, a life-impacting form of traumatic stress based on sustained betrayal.
A New Brand of African-American Activism at Historically Black Colleges
Nina Robinson and Ruddy Roye traveled to campuses across the country to see why young black people choose HBCUs and how they experience race in America.
People 4 Trump
Feeling abandoned and disenfranchised, a group of previously apolitical voters in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, wages a grassroots campaign for the only man they feel can save them.
Tomas van Houtryve's Pulitzer Center Catchlight Fellowship
The Pulitzer Center Catchlight Media fellow, Tomas van Houtryve, reports on the U.S.-Mexico border and the “weaponization” of photography using historical photographic techniques alongside cutting-edge surveillance technology.
The Biggest Mass Grave in Mexico
A group of mothers with missing children just unearthed the biggest narco mass gravesite in Mexican history. This project documents their struggle to discover what happened their kids.
Hidden Crisis: Obesity and Malnutrition in Post-NAFTA Mexico
Post-NAFTA, Mexico was flooded with cheap, sugary, and fatty junk foods from the U.S., spawning a duel crisis—obesity and malnutrition.
Inter(Nation)al
Inter(Nation)al explores current events through the lens of treaties signed between the U.S. Government and Native Nations. These treaties bind all of us—legally and culturally.
Border Fence Land Grab
Donald Trump's promised border wall will involve taking land from hundreds of people. An earlier land grab to build border fencing was rushed, sloppy, and gave landowners wildly differing payments.
100 Days in the Arctic
Season two of Threshold takes listeners to the homes, hunting grounds, and melting coastlines of Arctic peoples, where climate change isn’t an abstract concept, but a part of daily life.
The Federation Files
Together, more than 148 non-profit Jewish federations hold assets of $16 billion in the United States and Canada. Investigative journalist Uri Blau examines how the money is spent.
April 18, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Daniel Brook
Daniel Brook reports on the building of instant, modern cities in the developing world and examines the effects of major infrastructure projects on citizens living in Mexico, China, and India.
April 18, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: John Yang
Pulitzer Center grantees John Yang and Frank Carlson investigate the imprisonment of mentally ill Americans, efforts to seek alternative treatments, and the struggle to provide the poor with public defenders.
February 26, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalists: Daniel Grossman and Alex MacLean
After Hurricane Harvey devastated south and east Texas, aerial photographer Alex MacLean and journalist Daniel Grossman set out to see the damage from the air.
February 12, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalists: Sarah Bellingham and Max Toomey
Sarah Bellingham and Max Toomey are the co-directors, shooters, and editors of the documentary People 4 Trump.
January 04, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalists: Kiah Collier and Julian Aguilar
Texas Tribune reporters Kiah Collier and Julián Aguilar discuss how they reported "The Taking," an investigation into how the federal government seized private land on the Texas-Mexico border to build a fence.
December 04, 2017 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: James Whitlow Delano
Post-NAFTA Mexico was flooded with cheap sugary, fatty junk food from the U.S.–triggering a dual crisis: obesity and malnutrition. As NAFTA renegotiations progress, will these crises come up at all?
November 07, 2017 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalists: Uri Blau and Akela Lacy
Together, more than 148 non-profit Jewish federations hold assets of $16 billion in the United States and Canada. Investigative journalist Uri Blau examines how the money is spent.
November 07, 2017 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Ben Mauk
In the 1950s the Cold War forever changed the American southwest, as thousands of hopeful uranium prospectors took to the hills in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and beyond.
May 01, 2017 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: David Maurice Smith
Photojournalist David Maurice Smith travelled to the remote Canadian First Nations community of Attawapiskat, Canada to document the cultural context of a suicide epidemic facing its residents.
April 28, 2017 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: James Whitlow Delano
For more than 30 years, James Whitlow Delano has documented the U.S./Mexico border. He now takes a close at the people as he examines financial, political and human rights implications.
January 30, 2017 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Rachel Bronson
This project investigates the important emerging political debate about whether or not nuclear power can reduce the threats posed by climate change.
December 27, 2016 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Daniella Zalcman
Listen to award-winning journalist Daniella Zalcman discuss her latest work on Canada's Indian residential schools titled: "Signs of Your Identity."
April 11, 2018 | General news
Pulitzer Center Executive Director Writes Op-Ed on Climate Change
Executive Director Jon Sawyer co-authors op-ed looking at climate change and cities.
April 10, 2018 | General news, Project news
Pulitzer Center Grantee Mark Johnson Featured on University of Iowa College of Public Health Student Podcast
Pulitzer Center grantee Mark Johnson speaks on podcast at University of Iowa.
April 10, 2018 | General news, Awards
Grantees Nick Schifrin and Zach Fannin Nominated for Peabody Award
"Inside Russia," produced by the PBS NewsHour and supported by the Pulitzer Center, has been nominated in Peabody's news category.
March 29, 2018 | General news
March For Our Lives: The Shouts Heard Around the World
Students are demanding change and leading the global conversation on gun control.
March 28, 2018 | Education news
This Week in Education: Reflecting on the U.S.-Mexico Border Wall
This week: considering the impact of the U.S.-Mexico border wall, students learning digital storytelling at USA Today, and exploring aerial photography of natural disasters.
March 28, 2018 | Education news
Student Spotlight: Reflections on the U.S./Mexico Border Wall
Home-schooled students from the DC metro area gathered to reflect on the impact of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border with reporter Kiah Collier and compose essays on what they learned.
March 22, 2018 | Newsletter
This Week: How Japan is Working to Address the Rise in Elderly Women Imprisonment
This week: how Japanese elderly are finding communities in jail, who is benefiting from Myanmar's ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya, and how the Aral Sea is experiencing a revival.
March 20, 2018 | General news
Pulitzer Center Joins National Press Club Amicus Brief Supporting Emilio Gutiérrez-Soto
The Pulitzer Center joins National Press Club in amicus brief supporting Mexican journalist Emilio Gutiérrez-Soto's asylum case.
March 15, 2018 | Newsletter
This Week: Why Historically Black Colleges Are Enjoying a Renaissance
This week: Why historically black colleges are experiencing a renaissance, where we may be facing a nuclear crisis, and the country where women are jailed for abortion.
March 14, 2018 | Education news
Pulitzer Center Featured on North Carolina's FOX 8
Pulitzer Center Senior Education Manager Fareed Mostoufi is featured on FOX8.
March 13, 2018 | Awards
Pulitzer Center Partner ICIJ Honored With George Polk Award
Pulitzer Center partner ICIJ recognized in 69th Annual George Polk Awards.
March 12, 2018 | Education news
North Carolina Teachers and Students Explore Global Issues Through Creative Movement
Teachers and students from Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools in North Carolina explore global reporting through theater as part of NewsArts workshops led by Pulitzer Center staff.
April 02, 2018 | All Grades
10 Lesson Plans to Celebrate Earth Day
In celebration of Earth Day, we've compiled our top ten lesson plans that feature reporting on how communities around the world are responding to diverse environmental issues.
March 28, 2018 | Middle School, High School
Feature Writing Workshop
This resource outlines tips for feature writing that can be applied to a variety of events. Students in the DC metro area used these tips to reflect on workshops with Pulitzer Center journalists.
February 15, 2018 | Middle School, High School
Reporting on Epidemics [15 minutes]
Students will explore how health topics are presented in the news media using behind the scenes videos from Carl Gierstorfer’s Ebola project and Jon Cohen’s HIV/AIDS project.
February 09, 2018 | Middle School, High School
Ending Epidemics: Strategies for Preventing the Spread of Infectious Diseases
Students will learn about the concept of epidemiology and how it is used to control or prevent the spread of infectious diseases.
February 03, 2018 | All Grades
Weaving Connections Documentary Film: Visualizing Globalization (3 of 3)
Students learn about the history of globalization and how it impacts their lives. They will analyze how journalists visualize global stories and make connections between global and local issues.
February 02, 2018 | All Grades
Weaving Connections Documentary Film: Writing to Video (2 of 3)
Students evaluate how visual images work in tandem with words to create stories and produce writing that pairs text with visuals to describe the story of textile manufacturing in Winston-Salem, NC.
February 01, 2018 | All Grades
Weaving Connections Documentary Film: Prep (1 of 3)
Students learn about the global textiles industry using photography, texts, and interviews and evaluate the connections between the industry in 19th c America and modern Bangladesh.
January 03, 2018 | Elementary, Middle School, High School
Documenting Disasters: Hurricanes Harvey and Maria in the News [15 minutes]
In this short lesson, students view photos that tell stories about hurricanes very differently and think critically about how to spread natural disaster news in a useful, respectful way.
December 29, 2017 | Middle School, High School
Expropiación y el derecho a compensación justa en la frontera
Estudiantes exploran leyes de expropiación en la construcción de la cerca fronteriza entre los EE.UU. y México para crear un recurso para miembros de su comunidad sobre los derechos a la tierra.
December 21, 2017 | College
Derechos a la tierra y expropiación en la frontera mexicana/estadounidense
Estudiantes explorarán cómo el gobierno se apoderó de tierra tejana para una cerca fronteriza. Estudiarán políticas federales y estatales de expropiación y compartir esa información con su comunidad.
December 14, 2017 | Middle School, High School
Standing Ground: Eminent Domain and Just Compensation Rights
Students explore eminent domain law in the construction of the U.S./Mexico border fence through text and video to create a resource outlining and advocating for their community members’ land rights.
December 14, 2017 | College
Land Rights and Eminent Domain on the United States-Mexico Border
By exploring land seizures for a border fence in the Rio Grande Valley, students will learn about federal and state eminent domain policy and share that information with the local community.
