Politics
From democracies to authoritarian regimes, government policies can have life and death stakes for citizens. Pulitzer Center stories tagged with “Politics” feature reporting on elections, political corruption, systems of government and political conflict. Use the Pulitzer Center Lesson Builder to find and create lesson plans on politics.
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This Week: DEA Killings Exposed
Uncovering a Cover-Up Matt Schwartz In 2014, grantee Matt Schwartz wrote a long piece for The New...
June 20, 2017 -
This plan includes lessons connected to the work of journalists that presented at the University of Chicago Summer Teacher Institute in June 2017.
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Grantee's Reporting on DEA Killings Confirmed by U.S. Government Report
Pulitzer Center grantee Mattathias Schwartz's reporting on a botched 2012 DEA raid in Honduras has...
June 19, 2017 -
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Gender Lens: Cyber Security Workshop with Runa Sandvik
In 2016, veteran journalist David Satter published a book titled, "The Less You Know, The Better You...
June 14, 2017 -
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This Week: Venezuela Towards Collapse
Venezuela on the Brink Nadja Drost and Bruno Frederico After years of recession and inflation, the...
June 13, 2017 -
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Venezuela: A Ticking Time-bomb
As Venezuela’s social and economic crisis deepens, thousands of citizens are taking to the streets...
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Uri Blau Follows the Money from the US to Israel
Haaretz reporter Uri Blau explains the process of his reporting on money going into Israeli...
June 2, 2017 -
This group of lessons explores the interplay between religion and power. Students evaluate the degree to which religious forces impact the strength of a country's democratic institutions.
![Still image from Nadja Drost and Bruno Federico's PBS NewsHour video "Dire conditions drive growing anti-government opposition in Venezuela." Venezuela, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/06-13-17/vz_violinist.jpg.webp?h=ab94c40b&itok=MKgQR2V- "Still image from Nadja Drost and Bruno Federico's PBS NewsHour video "Dire conditions drive growing anti-government opposition in Venezuela." Venezuela, 2017.")
