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Project
Cuba in Flux
Cuban communism is in flux. Citizens own businesses and property; some are even allowed to protest...
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Lesson Plans
U.S.-Cuba Relations
This lesson uses reporting by Tracey Eaton and Rachel Southmayd to support student understanding around the state of relations between the US and Cuba.
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Project
Cuban Youth: A New Dawn?
The U.S. and Cuba are emerging from decades of Cold War hostility, raising expectations of sweeping...
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Pulitzer Center Update
Pulitzer Center 2013 Student Fellows Announced
Nearly two dozen Campus Consortium student fellows undertake reporting around the globe in 2013.
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Education Resource
Global Perception of Che Guevara
If you experience a jolt of recognition every time you see a t-shirt emblazoned with the bearded...
![](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/08-13-15/20150812-lens-yana-slide-de57-superjumbo.jpg.webp?h=afaa4389&itok=-tgS3OQ2 "Daniel Aleman, 20, and his girlfriend, Kaisa Garcia, 21, before a Buena Fe concert at Mella theater in Havana. Their moments of privacy are rare - like many people their age, they will live with their parents for many years before being able to afford their own place to live. "If you can just forget about the economy, the safety here is nice," Ms. Garcia, a dancer, said. "I just try to create a bubble in my mind away from anything that doesn't work in the country, and I am happy." Image by Yana Paskova. Cuba, 2015.")
![](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/07-19-15/arelis.jpg.webp?h=5cb8a49a&itok=WlOidMUO "Some 20-somethings spend their free time at the beach at nightclubs. Arelys Blanco, 22, would rather hit the streets and pass out photos of political prisoners.
She’s a member of the Ladies in White, a political opposition group founded 12 years ago to push for the release of 75 democracy activists, journalists and others jailed in a 2003 crackdown.
"I never agreed with this regime, and so I joined," Blanco said. "I want total change for this country." Image by Tracey Eaton. Cuba, 2015.")
![](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/07-23-15/635726732155446731-julio2.jpg.webp?h=d669e9be&itok=tTxjnFQ9 "Musician Julio Cesar Onate, 27, far right, checks his email at a WiFi hotspot outside the Hotel Vedado in Havana. "There's a little more freedom in things we didn't have before," he said. "Now they give you the opportunity to get on the Internet." Image by Tracey Eaton. Cuba, 2015.")
![Media file: IMG_0288.JPG](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/02-01-13/IMG_0288.JPG.webp?h=0d054e74&itok=N957Sucj "Long lines can be seen outside change houses in Havana where currency is converted. Some essentials, like milk and shampoo, are sold in what's referred to as "tourist currency." To buy such items citizens often need to convert the local currency into "tourist currency." Image by Kassondra Cloos. Cuba, 2013.")