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People of the Parting Rocks
Gaining understanding of the suicide crisis facing the Cree community of Attawapiskat, Ontario...
Canada's Troubled First Nation
David Maurice Smith
The remote northern Ontario town of Attawapiskat, population 2,000, made the news last year when it recorded 100 suicide attempts in little more than six months. Most of the victims were young people under age 25. Grantee David Maurice Smith traveled to the First Nation community late last summer. What he documents in these compelling images for The Washington Post is the remarkable resilience of Canada's indigenous people in the face of acute economic adversity and a long history of neglect.
Dave Herbert
Last week—and a billion dollars later—the US military began pulling out of the hunt for Joseph Kony. Grantee Dave Herbert, reporting from Uganda, looks at the failed effort to capture the leader of the murderous Lord's Resistance Army.
Sarah Wildman
France's political establishment has united against the candidacy of Marine Le Pen. Will it be enough to stop her? Grantee Sarah Wildman, writing for Vox, looks at the deeper implications of Le Pen's ascent.
