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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Pulitzer Center Update
This Week: Death—and Life—in San Pedro Sula
Jeremy Relph and Dominic Bracco II spent two weeks in San Pedro Sula, the world's murder capital...
November 6, 2014 -
Pulitzer Center Update
"Outlawed in Pakistan" Wins Emmy for Outstanding Research
Pulitzer Center-supported film tells story of rape and a struggle for justice in Pakistan.
October 6, 2014 -
Uruguayan President José Mujica, who lives in penury and drives a battered VW Beetle to better...
![](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/11-07-14/screen_shot_2014-11-07_at_4.26.59_pm.png.webp?h=a0ccd589&itok=2U96dCkH "Hello, this is NYC-based photojournalist @yanapaskova posting from Bulgaria, my homeland until the age of 12, where I’ve returned each year for a visit. Follow me this week as I bridge Bulgaria’s communist past with photos gleaned from family albums, to its current state of democracy 25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall (the anniversary being Nov. 9th.) The Communist party trained its youth early; membership was a requirement for every schoolboy and girl. None of my family members were communist by ideology, but abstaining from party activities pre-1989 meant heavy social stigma, marked dossiers, sharply diminished employment opportunities, and at worse, imprisonment. This is a picture from my elementary school years, showing my classmates and I (second from right) as “pionercheta," or pioneers, with red ties, and a younger "chavdarche" with a blue tie. The labels and tie colors signified the level of advancement through the children’s Communist Party.")
![](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/10-06-14/770135-photogroupsundar-1412200844-679-640x480.jpg.webp?h=52d3fcb6&itok=02wrapJd "Winning team of "Outlawed in Pakistan," including co-directors Habiba Nosheen (center left) and Hilke Schelmann (far left). Image by Habiba Nosheen. New York, 2014.")
