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Pulitzer Center Update
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Engage with the challenges and solutions that communities around the world are grappling with when trying to access vital food sources.
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Project
Agent Orange in Laos
Severe disabilities and birth defects as a result of exposure to Agent Orange are the most tragic...
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300,000 Vietnamese soldiers are estimated missing in action from the conflict referred locally as...
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Pulitzer Center Update
Photographers Submit Photos of Strong Women From Around the World
The Pulitzer Center partnership with Your Shot— National Geographic’s photo community made up of...
March 13, 2017
![North Vietnamese soldiers. Image courtesy of Flickr user manhhai [CC by 2.0]. Vietnam, date unknown.](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/12-22-18/26396606586_1b8d369ab6_o_1.jpg.webp?h=6afe656d&itok=IyjmtLNg "North Vietnamese soldiers. Image courtesy of Flickr user manhhai [CC by 2.0]. Vietnam, date unknown.")
!["I am so proud of you," [my mother] said as I tugged at the hem of the smart trousers I planned to wear to [my] law school graduation. "Your father would be too." When he died, [my mother] plummeted into the depths of despair. And in the process, she pushed me away and snatched me back in an emotional tug of war that nobody can win. Somehow, together, we managed to strike an equilibrium wading through the thick swamp together. And now we’ve emerged, [my mom] wrapped in her bathrobe, and me in my black…](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/03-13-17/yourshot.strongwomen.kenyajadepinto.jpg.webp?h=ada05aa9&itok=4VjRU1QU ""I am so proud of you," [my mother] said as I tugged at the hem of the smart trousers I planned to wear to [my] law school graduation. "Your father would be too." When he died, [my mother] plummeted into the depths of despair. And in the process, she pushed me away and snatched me back in an emotional tug of war that nobody can win. Somehow, together, we managed to strike an equilibrium wading through the thick swamp together. And now we’ve emerged, [my mom] wrapped in her bathrobe, and me in my black trousers. Image by Kenya Jade Pinto, National Geographic Your Shot.")
