Pulitzer Center Update March 15, 2018
This Week: Why Historically Black Colleges Are Enjoying a Renaissance
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![Freshmen enter the Morehouse chapel named for Martin Luther King, Jr., whose words are etched on the wall. The weekly, required Crown Forum assembly introduces leaders who address issues of the day. The all-male college aims to develop disciplined men who will lead lives of scholarship and service. Image by Radcliffe "Ruddy" Roye. United States, 2017.](/sites/default/files/03-12-18/black-colleges-hbcu-enrollment-14.adapt_.1900.1.jpg "Freshmen enter the Morehouse chapel named for Martin Luther King, Jr., whose words are etched on the wall. The weekly, required Crown Forum assembly introduces leaders who address issues of the day. The all-male college aims to develop disciplined men who will lead lives of scholarship and service. Image by Radcliffe "Ruddy" Roye. United States, 2017.")
Nina Robinson and Ruddy Roye traveled to campuses across the country to see why young black people...
A Resurgence in Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Nina Robinson and Radcliffe "Ruddy" Roye
In an era when neo-Nazis openly march in the streets, and an American president states that there are "some very fine people on both sides" of a white nationalist rally and counter protest in Charlottesville, Virginia, African American students are increasingly turning to historically black colleges and universities (HCBUs). On assignment for National Geographic, grantees Nina Robinson and Radcliffe “Ruddy” Roye traveled to Morehouse College, Spelman College, and Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia, to photograph students as they grapple with a country that dramatically shifted from Obama to Trump. Writer Clint Smith's accompanying story offers a look at not only the solidarity, but also the diverse political views and socioeconomic experiences found on HCBU campuses.
Reese Erlich
Barely a month after The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists edged the “Doomsday Clock” 30 seconds closer to midnight, Reveal explores the possibility of a nuclear crisis. Reese Erlich contributes from Tehran and Washington, where he reported on the Iranian nuclear deal.
Lauryn Claassen
El Salvador is one of only four countries in the world where abortion is illegal under any circumstance. But as Boston University Student Fellow Lauryn Claassen writes for Public Health Post, the law is not equally applied, and women’s rights groups are fighting back.
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