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December 31, 2019 | Quartz
Zambia Has 17 Million People, a Stroke Epidemic, and No Neurologists
In Zambia, stroke is a leading killer. Yet there are no native-born Zambian neurologists who can help stem the tide.
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January 22, 2019 | Business World
Strategies To Keep Children Safe on the Roads
Grantee Dinna Louise C. Dayao reports on how easily implemented changes to road safety can save lives around the world.
December 03, 2018 | The China Africa Project
Ismail Einashe Interviewed on China Africa Project Podcast
Ismail Einashe joins Eric & Cobus on The China Africa Project podcast where he discusses his reporting on China's standing in African countries.
June 17, 2017 | Field Notes
Zambia: The Rock Crushers of Kabwe
Near the site of a shuttered lead mine in Zambia's second-largest city, families dig rocks from polluted slag to resell for building materials.
June 14, 2017 | Pulitzer Center
Legacy of Lead: The Children of Kabwe
Children are the most susceptible victims of lead poisoning in Kabwe, Zambia, the world's most toxic town.
June 02, 2017 | Field Notes
Subsistence Mining at Kabwe's Black Mountain
Kabwe, Zambia, is Africa's most toxic city. At its heart lies Black Mountain, where men and children scavenge lead atop a 100-foot-high wasteland created by a century of mining activity.
May 29, 2017 | The Guardian
The Heavy Legacy of Lead in the World's Most Toxic Town—in Pictures
Kabwe in Zambia has been left with extreme levels of lead pollution after almost a century of metal mining and smelting, harming generations of children.
May 29, 2017 | The Guardian
The World's Most Toxic Town: The Terrible Legacy of Zambia's Lead Mines
Almost a century of lead mining and smelting has poisoned generations of children in the Copperbelt town of Kabwe in Zambia.
March 01, 2016 | Food & Environment Reporting Network
Zimbabwe: What Animal Tracking Can Tell Us About Healthy Soil and Climate Change
Journalist Judith Schwartz talks about animal tracking and how it heals earth's soil.
March 01, 2016 | Heritage Radio Network
Animal Tracking with Judith D. Schwartz
Judith D. Schwartz talks to Chad Pagano about her story for Discover Magazine about animal tracking.
November 24, 2015 | Discover Magazine
Africa: Animal Tracking Enters the 21st Century
Developed by the earliest hunters, wildlife tracking skills remain essential tools for conservation.
April 28, 2014 | Pulitzer Center
The Myth of African Poverty
Contrary to popular belief, Africa has the potential to be rich.
Stroke Is a Global Epidemic
Stroke is the world's second-leading killer and is particularly deadly in developing nations. In Zambia, a Harvard doctor is training the next generation of neurologists to help turn the tide.
The Black Death of Kabwe
Years of unmitigated contamination from Zambia's largest lead mine have created a toxic nightmare for the residents of Kabwe, the country's second largest city.
Zambia: Twilight of the Vulture Funds?
Investors have made millions suing the world's poorest countries over bad debts—but these so-called vulture funds may not be as bad as they sound.
China's Bloody Frontier in Zambia
China's investment in Zambia holds promise: billions of dollars and thousands of jobs. But after violent conflict between Zambian miners and their Chinese supervisors, does it also pose a threat?
Zambia: AIDS at a Turning Point
AIDS activists are beginning a new fight against the disease after health workers went on strike in 2009 to protest the theft from Zambia's Ministry of Health.
June 02, 2020 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Oliver Staley
Stroke is the world's second-leading killer. An innovative program to train neurologists in Zambia hopes to turn the tide of the disease.
July 06, 2017 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Larry C. Price
Kabwe, Zambia, might be Africa's most toxic city. The lead and zinc mining that began at the dawn of the 20th century is responsible for sickening more than a third of its residents.
May 30, 2017 | Newsletter
This Week: The World’s Most Toxic Town
This week: grappling with the legacy of lead mining.
December 02, 2013 | General news
This Week: China's African Frontier
Veteran radio journalist and Pulitzer Center grantee Reese Erlich has a knack for getting himself into—and just as important, out of—hard places. Earlier this year, Reese reported from inside Iran.
June 20, 2013 | General news
This Week: Mine Control
Chinese dollars and the Chinese themselves have been pouring into Africa, mining the continent’s abundant resources, opening businesses, building infrastructure and generally making everyone nervous.
May 17, 2013 | Project news
This Week in Review: Trucking Pakistan
Executive Director Jon Sawyer shares highlights from this week's reporting— trucking across Pakistan, fake drugs in India and more.
June 13, 2017 | All Grades, Elementary, Middle School, High School, College
The World's Most Toxic Town
Use reporting on Zambia’s lead mines by Damian Carrington and Larry C. Price to explore the causes, effects and responses to toxic lead poisoning.
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.
May 23, 2016 | Middle School
1.1 Explore Your World Through the News: An Introduction to Journalism
It has been said that journalism is the literature of democracy. What is journalism? Why is it important? You will soon have a chance to find out!
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.
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.