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October 11, 2019 | Glamour
In Refugee Settlements in Uganda, Survivors Grapple With How to Raise Children Born of Rape
How do you parent a child whose life is a reminder of violence?
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October 11, 2019 | The Guardian
Haiti and the Failed Promise of US Aid
After an earthquake struck in 2010, the US pledged to help rebuild the Caribbean country. A decade later, nothing better symbolises the failure of these efforts than the story of a new port that was promised but never built.
October 09, 2019 | The Guardian
'They Believe We're Criminals': Black Puerto Ricans Say They're a Police Target
Activists say police racially profile black communities, despite Puerto Rico’s image as a melting pot without racial problems.
October 09, 2019 | Politico
Big Brother on the U.S. Border?
Government use of facial recognition technology is already a daily reality at this Arizona border crossing.
October 08, 2019 | St. Louis Public Radio
How One Family Helped To Integrate University City High School
When Judy Gladney began attending University City High School in the '60s, she was one of its very first African American students, and found herself bridging two disparate worlds.
October 07, 2019 | CQ Roll Call
High Tech at the Border Wall... and the Government Wants More
Everyone knows about the border wall, but little about the surveillance technology placed at the Southwest border, which some deem to be the most important component of U.S. border security.
October 07, 2019 | St. Louis Post-Dispatch
She Was Among the First to Integrate U. City Schools — and the Memories Are Bittersweet
‘I always felt like an outsider at U. City,’ Judy Gladney says. But that may finally change this week.
October 05, 2019 | The Los Angeles Times
Cows Are Killing the Amazon. Pledges From Walmart and Nike Didn’t Help Save It
In 2009, Walmart, Nike and other global companies vowed to stop buying beef and leather from Brazilian companies operating in the Amazon.
October 04, 2019 | 1a
Nick Schifrin on NPR's '1A' News Roundup for October 4, 2019
Pulitzer Center grantee Nick Schifrin appeared on NPR's 1a to talk about his project, "China: Power and Prosperity."
October 04, 2019 | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
'I Get the Ups and Downs': Wisconsin Veterinarian Whose Family Lost Its Dairy Herd Sees the Farm Crisis Daily
Lindley Reilly feels a 'moral obligation' to do everything she can to help farmers stay afloat. It's work that keeps her up all night.
October 04, 2019 | PBS NewsHour
Why China’s Art Market Is Evolving From Knockoffs to New Works
In the past, China was better known for producing 75 percent of the world’s art knockoffs than for its own creative innovation. Today, that is changing, as Chinese artists are reviving what they call the country’s “cultural aristocracy” by producing original art.
October 04, 2019 | C-SPAN
Camila DeChalus on Trump Administration's Policies for Asylum Seekers
Camila DeChalus talked about her recent piece on what’s happening to asylum-seekers when they reach the U.S.-Mexico border.
June 30, 2016
Slow Journalism and the Out of Eden Walk Curriculum
Educators can use Paul Salopek's Out of Eden Walk as a teaching tool by exposing classrooms to the the project and having students design and implement a narrative walk of their own.
April 07, 2016
Telling Science Stories: Data Visualization
Grantee Dan McCarey explains the importance of data visualization for practitioners in biostatistics and other quantitative fields.
September 18, 2014 | Meet the Journalist
Michelle Goldberg on Banning the Buying of Sex
Do bans on buying sex work? Or is it better to legalize everything? Journalist Michelle Goldberg traveled to Europe to find out.
November 11, 2013
Kem Knapp Sawyer Keynotes Model UN conference
Pulitzer Center editor Kem Knapp Sawyer opened the Global Classrooms Model UN conference with a talk on child soldiers—and on programs aimed at helping them find "the resilience to begin again."
May 14, 2013 | Meet the Journalist
Sarah Wildman on Jerusalem: Eternal City, Divided City
Sarah Wildman on the contested histories of modern Jerusalem and how they have shaped – and narrowed – the prospects for a final settlement between Israelis and Palestinians.
May 14, 2013 | Meet the Journalist
Reporting from East Congo: Consequences of a Conflict with No End
Fiona Lloyd-Davies has reported on Eastern Congo since 2011. Here she discusses the twin aims of her new project, assessing the aftermath of a mass rape and efforts to establish conflict-free mines.
April 23, 2013 | Education Resources
Educator's Guide to "In Search of Home" E-book
Download an Educator's Guide to "In Search of Home", our iPad e-book on global statelessness.
March 15, 2013
Meet Student Fellow Yasmin Bendaas
Wake Forest University student reporting fellow Yasmin Bendaas examines the tradition of facial tattooing in Algeria.
February 22, 2013 | Student Reporting
Use it or Lose it: Social Media in the 2012 US Election
Social media dominated the youth voting scene in the 2012 US presidential election. This trend seems likely to grow stronger over the course of the next election cycle.
February 22, 2013 | Student Reporting
El Nuevo South: A Land of Isolation
Immigrants to Williamsburg, Virginia, have difficulty assimilating without the support of the large immigrant communities they might find in bigger cities.
February 22, 2013 | Student Reporting
School Garden Programs and Food Security
Planting and maintaining vegetable gardens on school grounds in South Africa was supposed to be a sustainable operation to maintain food security. Unfortunately, it seems to have proven otherwise.
February 22, 2013 | Student Reporting
Global Perception of Che Guevara
The famous image "Guerrillero Heroico," captured in 1960 by Cuban photographer Alberto Korda, has become an international symbol of revolution. But has it been taken too far out of context?
October 09, 2019 | Education news
Nikole Hannah-Jones at the University of Chicago
The Pulitzer Center and the University of Chicago welcome award-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones for a conversation on The 1619 Project.
September 25, 2019 | General news, Education news
The Stories Photos Tell: ‘Jalila: Surviving War and Famine in Yemen’ at Photoville
Nariman el-Mofty's Pulitzer Prize-winning photos from Yemen's Dirty War were displayed at Photoville NYC 2019.
September 23, 2019 | General news, Project news
Pulitzer Center Staff and Grantees Lead Funding Panel at Journalism and Women Symposium
Pulitzer Center communications and inclusion manager, Jin Ding, participated in panel discussion alongside Pulitzer Center grantees about how to secure journalism funding.
September 23, 2019 | General news, Project news, Awards
"She's Not a Boy" to Screen at NewFest Next Month
Columbia University students will screen their short film about an asylum-seeking intersex woman who fled Zimbabwe with $60 at NewFest in New York City on October 26, 2019.
September 20, 2019 | General news, Education news
Chicago Students Explore Under-reported Issues in Summer Documentary Program
In its tenth year partnering with the Pulitzer Center, Free Spirit Media empowers students to tell stories of their community through film.
September 17, 2019 | General news
Pulitzer Center Featured in Media Impact Funders Report
The new Connected Coastlines initiative is praised for its collaborative approach to environmental reporting.
September 16, 2019 | Project news, Awards
'Breathtaking' Wins Al Neuharth Innovation in Investigative Journalism Award
Pulitzer Center grantee, Larry C. Price, was awarded an Al Neuharth Innovation in Investigative Journalism Award at the 2019 Online News Association Conference & Awards Ceremony in New Orleans.
September 09, 2019 | Education news, Awards
"She's Not a Boy" Receives Multiple Film Awards
Columbia University students receive awards at the Idlewild International Film Festival and Vancouver Queer Film Festival for a film about an asylum-seeking intersex woman who fled Zimbabwe with $60.
September 05, 2019 | General news, Project news
Grantee Paula Bronstein's New Project Documents Ukraine's Vulnerable Elderly Population
Paula Bronstein documents how war in Ukraine impacts the nation's most vulnerable population, the elderly. These silent victims of war age into unlivable conditions exacerbated by poverty and violence.
August 20, 2019 | General news, Project news, Education news
'She's Not a Boy' Screens in Multiple Film Festivals
A film by two Columbia Journalism School student fellows was selected to be screened in four film festivals across North America.
August 16, 2019 | General news
The New York Times Magazine Presents 'The 1619 Project' Onstage
“What if I told you that the year 1619 is as important to the American story as the year 1776? What if I told you that America is a country born both of an idea and a lie?” author Nikole Hannah-Jones asked during the live-streamed announcement of 'The 1619 Project,' for which the Pulitzer Center serves as the education partner, at the TimesCenter on Tuesday, August 13.
August 16, 2019 | General news
Media Coverage of 'The 1619 Project'
The New York Times Magazine has partnered with the Pulitzer Center on 'The 1619 Project,' an expansive issue of the magazine exploring the legacies of slavery in America today. We highlight significant coverage of the project in this post.