Economy
The international economy, shaped by governments, businesses and other actors, touches the lives of everyone in the world. Pulitzer Center grantee stories tagged with “Economy” feature reporting that covers business, workers and the impact of global capitalism on people’s lives. Use the Pulitzer Center Lesson Builder to find and create lesson plans on the economy.
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Agribusiness is a key driver of deforestation in DRC's Equateur province, where impacts are felt by...
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Pulitzer Center Update
Behind the Story: Mark Hibbs on 'Changing Minds on Climate Science'
Coastal Review Online's Pulitzer Center-supported "Changing Minds on Climate Science" project takes...
July 13, 2020
![In Novo Progresso, a city in Pará that survives on gold mining, a monument honoring "garimpeiros" (small-scale gold prospectors) has been erected—despite the impacts that this kind of extractive activity, which uses mercury, can have on the environment. Image by Melissa Chan. Brazil, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/2020-10/Railway%201.jpg.webp?h=8f654fbd&itok=7U_gO7SW "In Novo Progresso, a city in Pará that survives on gold mining, a monument honoring "garimpeiros" (small-scale gold prospectors) has been erected—despite the impacts that this kind of extractive activity, which uses mercury, can have on the environment. Image by Melissa Chan. Brazil, 2019.")
![Kayapo leader Dotô Takakire is one of the main critics of the Ferrogrão "grain train" due to its projected environmental impacts. Image by Heriberto Araújo. Brazil, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/2020-10/Heriberto%204.jpg.webp?h=9f7e1a35&itok=wEsUfJCt "Kayapo leader Dotô Takakire is one of the main critics of the Ferrogrão "grain train" due to its projected environmental impacts. Image by Heriberto Araújo. Brazil, 2019.")
