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February 12, 2018 | Pulitzer Center
How Sand Mining Helped Flood Houston
Hurricane Harvey had help from sand miners, Vince Beiser reports.
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February 04, 2018 | STAT
Can Tech Sustain a Super-Aged Japan?
Japan has the largest percentage of older people in the world, with 27.3 percent of their citizens 65 and older. It has turned to technologies from VR to robotics to solve challenges of super-aging.
February 02, 2018 | Pulitzer Center
In Jail, But They've Committed No Crime
In Bolivia, hundreds of children live behind bars with their imprisoned parents. "Jail is not the best place to grow up," a government official told reporters, but at least families stay together.
January 31, 2018 | Pulitzer Center
His Sister Missing, a Man Waits in Anguish
Zulma Corhuari, 16, stepped out for a moment to get an aspirin for her headache. Her family never saw her again. Her brother Victor is desperate and suspects the worst. "There's no justice," he said.
January 30, 2018 | Pulitzer Center
Deadly Habits Passed Along to Children
In Bolivia, entire families are surrendering to cheap drugs—lethal and mind-altering concoctions of glue, gasoline, and paint thinner. The problem is growing and there's no solution in sight.
January 27, 2018 | Pulitzer Center
Saving Souls and Resisting Temptation
Ivan Ramirez runs an orphanage near Cochabamba. He started with one child—"a delinquent in miniature," Ramirez called him. More children arrived and the orphanage grew. "It was God's plan," he said.
January 24, 2018 | Field Notes
Notes from Berlin’s Digital Underground
A journalist dives into Berlin's renowned computing scene in search of hackers.
January 07, 2018 | Field Notes
A Journey to the Heart of 'Tropicapitalism'
It all started with the name “The Atlantic Conquest.” Who, in the 21st century, would think of such a name for a project to build a road through indigenous territory? Well, the Panamanian government did.
January 01, 2018 | Field Notes
The Soul of Myanmar
Doug Bock Clark kayaked several hundred miles of the Irrawaddy River to find out how globalization has transformed Myanmar.
December 28, 2017 | Field Notes
Down from the Mountains: How a Minority Family Left Their Children Behind in Rural China
What is it like to report on children from the Yi ethnic group left behind in a remote corner of China while their parents seek work over 1,000 miles away?
December 28, 2017 | Field Notes
While Reporting "The Taking," Another Scandal
A local political power broker. A shady contract that poured taxpayer money into his pocket—and his family’s pockets. Our initial digging on the main project unearthed another important story.
December 18, 2017 | Field Notes
Finding Border Landowners Was Harder Than Expected
Starting with hundreds of cases, we reached out to dozens of property owners who lost land for the border fence. Some had died, some deflected questions to lawyers, and many just didn’t want to talk to us.