Projects
Launched April 25, 2014
In 2012, Jihadists occupied two-thirds of Mali, creating the world's most dangerous terrorist sanctuary. This is the story of how it happened, and how a few brave individuals tried to outwit them. |
Launched April 21, 2014
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. |
Launched April 18, 2014
A drone's-eye view of America reveals the changing nature of war, privacy, and government transparency. |
Launched April 15, 2014
Vietnam has less than 30 percent of the funding needed to fight tuberculosis. With only the most basic treatment programs, the country may soon be faced with the spread of a drug-resistant strain. |
Launched April 14, 2014
Years after the end of brutal, decades-long civil war, Liberia has little in terms of a mental health infrastructure. But the need is great, and progress is painstakingly slow |
Launched April 8, 2014
One year after the collapse of Rana Plaza many workers in Bangladesh still depend on garment-making—despite the low wages and high safety risk that come with the job. |
Launched April 3, 2014
Jamaica is proud of its religious tradition, but how has the Jamaican church responded to the complex challenges of HIV/AIDS in a changing society? |
Launched April 1, 2014
Saudi Arabia's religious landscape is evolving, posing challenges to the ultraconservative version of Islam on which the kingdom was founded. What will that mean for its future governance? |
Launched March 31, 2014
Doctors have demanded fixes to India's public hospitals for years, but have been stifled by mismanagement. |
Launched March 24, 2014
Tuberculosis is the leading cause of death in South Africa. Drug resistance is now so strong that patients are sent home to die. However, new drugs are being made available through trials or NGOs. |
Launched March 24, 2014
Karachi is the world’s most violent city, with about 2,000 murders in 2013 as a result of its virulent gang politics. The city’s gangsters are openly linked to Pakistan’s national parties. |
Launched March 21, 2014
Uganda has a sanitation crisis, and it will take innovative solutions to help this country suffering from its own waste, where only 30 percent of the population has access to improved sanitation. |
Launched March 11, 2014
For two decades, the eastern Congo has been ravaged by civil war. Can a former U.S. senator help bring peace? |
Launched March 6, 2014
Edging to the brink of civil war, Crimea has turned into a geopolitical crisis, perhaps the gravest threat to peace in Europe since the end of the Cold War. |
Launched February 24, 2014
As Uganda struggles with anti-homosexuality legislation, the growing LGBT-rights movement continues its fight against discrimination and criminalization. |
Launched February 21, 2014
With support from Pulitzer Center grantees, William & Mary students explore issues from high HIV rates among black gay men in Baltimore to the debate over immigration policy across the U.S. |
Launched February 12, 2014
Today in Rwanda, the 1994 genocide is part of the past, but the country's thousands of maimed amputees are living reminders of the brutal horror. |
Launched February 11, 2014
In Guinea, routine prenatal care is the exception, not the rule. As a result, it has some of the world's highest rates of maternal and infant death. |
Launched February 11, 2014
For centuries, the flood pulse of this lake has fed a nation and nurtured incredible biodiversity. With a changing climate and scores of dams planned upstream on the Mekong, can it survive? |
Launched February 4, 2014
Since the implementation of a new constitution in 2008, Ecuador has put more emphasis on the development of higher education. Yet the country's secondary schools are leaving many students unprepared. |
Launched January 11, 2014
With homophobic rhetoric now legitimized by federal law, being gay in Russia can be extremely dangerous. |
Launched January 10, 2014
As China rapidly urbanizes, many villages—and their distinct cultural heritage and folk traditions—disappear daily. Two urban Chinese artists go back to the land in search of meaning in modern China. |
Launched December 31, 2013
One of the world's least-governed regions is caught between South American drug traffickers and the D.E.A. |
Launched December 27, 2013
An interactive visual guide to the world's most rapidly growing religious movement. |