Human Rights
According to the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. And yet around the world, many people are denied basic human rights, or find their rights under threat. Pulitzer Center stories tagged with “Human Rights” feature reporting that covers the fight for equality under the law, civil rights and the basic dignity afforded every person. Use the Pulitzer Center Lesson Builder to find and create lesson plans on human rights.
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Pulitzer Center Update
Jeffrey Stern and "The Last Thousand"
Jeffrey Stern, former Pulitzer Center grantee, publishes his first book about an Afghanistan...
January 22, 2016 -
Education Resource
Meet the Journalist: Jeanne Carstensen
Jeanne Carstensen reports on the refugee crisis on the Greek island of Lesbos. Much of the local...
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Pulitzer Center Update
A Day in the Life of Photojournalist Dominic Bracco
Photojournalist and Pulitzer Center grantee Dominic Bracco visited Brookland Middle School to teach...
January 21, 2016 -
Pulitzer Center Update
This Week: The Lesser Evil
In this week's newsletter, James Harkin reports about the condition of the oppressed gay community...
January 19, 2016 -
Project
PTSD Nation
Fifteen years after the U.S. invasion, Afghanistan is in the grip of a mental health crisis that...