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January 08, 2019 | Rappler
Hair by Willy Leyba, Paris-Based Hairdresser
Growing up in the Philippines, Willy Leyba dreamed of one day having her own beauty salon. She never imagined she would open one in Paris.
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France
June 28, 2018 | Smithsonian
This French Town Has Welcomed Refugees for 400 Years
During World War II, an isolated French village helped over 3500 Jews escape the Nazis. Today, as the world turns its back on refugees, the villagers of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon welcome them.
March 13, 2018 | Pulitzer Center
Creating Home in Refuge
Discover how one woman is creating a space of inclusion for refugee students.
December 27, 2017 | PRI's The World
This Small French City Wants to Be a Good Home for Refugees
Patrice Quélard's grandfather was a French refugee from Saint-Nazaire during WWII. Now he and other locals are welcoming today's refugees into their community.
December 27, 2017 | PRI's The World
This Yazidi Family Escaped Genocide in Iraq. Their Next Challenge Is Building a Life in France.
For one Yazidi refugee family in France, “home” is just as much about people as place.
November 01, 2017 | Field Notes
Health, Wealth, and Wine
Field reporting can lead to surprising discoveries. But Scales wasn't expecting to find a possible link between Lyme, mushroom foraging, and a medieval wine cellar below a French hospital.
October 26, 2017 | Undark
In France's Battles over Lyme Disease, Lessons in Science Communication
France's fact-based approach is often standard procedure in public health awareness campaigns, but on contentious or political topics, it can backfire.
October 04, 2017 | Foreign Policy
The Deported
Europe is expelling thousands of Africans. To one Malian deportee, that looks like a recipe for revolution.
August 16, 2017 | WBUR
What We Can Learn from the French About Fighting Lyme Disease
France is the first country to have a national plan to combat tick-borne diseases. What can we learn from their experience?
July 05, 2017 | Field Notes
The French Election and the Future of Europe
Sarah Wildman discusses the lead-up to the French election, which saw heightened support and opposition to France's far-right Front National party.
May 09, 2017 | Vox
Marine Le Pen Wants to Protect France’s LGBTQ Community—but Opposes Same-sex Marriage
Marine Le Pen promised to protect women, Jews, and the LGBT community. Not many believed her.
May 08, 2017 | Vox
France Just Rejected the Far Right and Elected Emmanuel Macron
Marine Le Pen of the National Front loses historic vote for the French presidency.
PBS NewsHour Weekend 'Future of Food' Series
Can we create a nutritious and affordable food system in a way that’s green and fair? PBS NewsHour Weekend’s "Future of Food" international series reports on work by people who think they have solutions.
Europe's New Nationalisms
In the last two years, voters across Europe have elected new governments whose platforms rest, in more or less explicit ways, on the politics of "identitarianism."
An Unexpected Sanctuary
During World War II, a French village helped Jews escape the Nazis at great peril. Today, as the world turns its back on refugees, they welcome them. We explore why.
To Win the War on Lyme, Look at France
Despite having fewer yearly cases than Massachusetts, France is the first country to release a national plan on Lyme disease. What can France's prevention, research and treatment efforts teach us?
The French Election and Its Role in the Future of Europe
The French elections are the next major test for gauging the global impact of populism, nativism and Islamophobia.
Finding Home in an Era of Displacement
What is home for war refugees and the communities trying to integrate them? Where do conflicts arise and how do diverse people find common ground? A series about war refugees starting over in Europe.
The Growth of a Deradicalization Industry in France
The French government is pouring money into developing new "deradicalization" programs for French youth. But does anyone really know how to "deradicalize" someone?
Deradicalization Inside French Jails
French authorities are countering Islamic radicalism in prisons with a ground-breaking new program.
Europe's Other Muslim Fringe
Feminists, LGBT people, artists and other progressive European Muslims are taking ownership of their their faith in innovative ways. How are they shaping the future of Islam in Europe?
Muslim Youth in Paris: Growing up in the 'Other France'
Tension regarding France’s 5 million Islamic inhabitants can pervade everyday life for Muslim youth in Paris. Many struggle in the tumultuous conditions of run-down suburbs dubbed the "Other France."
Crisis of Survival: African Immigrants in France
Members of the African diaspora in France share many common experiences; discrimination, lack of acceptance, and the struggle to succeed to become educated and full members of society.
France: The Integration of the Roma
To escape poverty and social exclusion in their countries of origin, many Roma seek refuge in France. Often they face the same discrimination in their new home.
September 25, 2017 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: David Scales
Scales travels to Nancy and Strasbourg to understand how the new French plan to combat Lyme and tick-borne diseases was unfolding. Here, he shares some surprises he found along the way.
September 01, 2017 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Tomas van Houtryve
Refugees are using technology in unprecedented ways to connect with loved ones and document their time in exile. Photographer Tomas van Houtryve explains how his project came together.
December 07, 2016 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Elisabeth Zerofsky
Journalist Elisabeth Zerofsky talks about the French government's efforts to create new deradicalization programs to address the increase in young French citizens drawn to jihadism.
March 25, 2016 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Christopher de Bellaigue on French Prisons
Grantee Christopher de Bellaigue investigates the impact of deradicalization programs in the French prison system.
January 29, 2017 | General news
Who Are the Refugees Barred From Entering the United States?
Pulitzer Center grantees provide insights into the lives of refugees affected by United States' recent ban of migrants from seven countries.
March 22, 2016 | Newsletter
This Week: Expelling Extremism
The plan inside French jails to "save" extremists.
January 22, 2016 | General news
School Lunches Around the World
A look at school lunches around the world compared to those in the U.S.
June 01, 2015 | General news, Education news
Pulitzer Center 2015 Student Fellows Announced
Students journey across the globe to report on issues that matter—from migration to global health and indigenous land rights.
March 09, 2012 | Project news
"Pax Ethnica: Where and How Diversity Succeeds"
Pulitzer Center grantees Karl E. Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac uncover stories of peace among people of diverse ethnicities in their third book together, “Pax Ethnica: Where and How Diversity Succeeds."
May 10, 2017 | Middle School, High School, College
Examining the 2017 French Election
Students use journalist Sarah Wildman’s analysis on the 2017 French election to discuss and write about differing perspectives on the final two presidential candidates.
September 26, 2016 | All Grades
Jewell: Interpreting Global Issues Through Picasso's "Guernica"
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 Guernica with current day issues presented from The Pulitzer Center.
June 17, 2016 | All Grades
Funston: Interpreting Global Issues Through Picasso's "Guernica"
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 "Guernica" with current day issues presented by the Pulitzer Center.
March 23, 2016 | Middle School, High School
Interpreting Global Issues Through Picasso's 'Guernica'
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 Guernica with current day issues presented by the Pulitzer Center.
February 12, 2016 | High School
Climate Change and Culture
This lesson looks at climate change and how some countries are trying to combat it.
October 12, 2015 | All Grades
Museum of Current Crises
This lesson plan outlines a project that allows students the opportunity to connect with a contemporary crisis somewhere in the world.