Poverty
An estimated 702.1 million people around the world lack access to food, clothing and other basic necessities. Pulitzer Center reporting tagged with “Poverty” feature reporting on health, malnutrition, education inequality and the many other endemic effects of poverty. Use the Pulitzer Center Lesson Builder to find and create lesson plans on poverty.
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![Marcel Ellery](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20viewBox%3D'0%200%20510%20315'%2F%3E ""I ran away 27 times," said Marcel Ellery, who attended the Marieval Indian Residential School from 1987-1990. "But the (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) always found us eventually. When I got out, I turned to booze because of the abuse. I drank to suppress what had happened to me, to deal with my anger, to deal with my pain, to forget. Ending up in jail was easy, because I'd already been there." Image by Daniella Zalcman. Canada, 2015.")
Pulitzer Center Update
Magenta Foundation Recognizes Daniella Zalcman and Jake Naughton
Photojournalists win top prizes for their reporting from Canada to Kenya.
May 16, 2016 -
Pulitzer Center Update
Matt Black Wins 2016 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for 'The Geography of Poverty'
Photojournalist embarked on cross-country trip to explore, document and spark discussion about...
May 16, 2016 -
Education Resource
Roger Thurow Discusses New Book on Early Childhood Nutrition
In this short video, Pulitzer Center grantee Roger Thurow discusses his new book, The First 1,000...
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Education Resource
Meet the Journalist: Roger Thurow
Roger Thurow discusses his third book, The First 1,000 Days: A Crucial Time for Mothers and Children...
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Pulitzer Center Update
News Bites and Lesson Plan of the Week: The First 1,000 Days
This week's news on all things Pulitzer Center Education.
May 11, 2016 -
The following serves as a resource for DC public school teachers working with the District's tenth grade history standards, providing teachers with a list of Pulitzer Center projects in line with...
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The discussion questions attached can be used by teachers to engage students and book clubs in conversation about the themes of Roger Thurow's The First 1,000 Days.
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This global health lesson plan for history teachers, humanities teachers, science teachers and English teachers introduces students to Roger Thurow's book The First 1,000 Days , which analyzes the...
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Project
The Labor Train
An intimate profile of labor migrants making their way to Russia by train and bracing for—sometimes...
![Marcel Ellery](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/03-30-16/daniellazalcman-soyi-04.jpg.webp?h=04d92ac6&itok=Pl1z2xUe ""I ran away 27 times," said Marcel Ellery, who attended the Marieval Indian Residential School from 1987-1990. "But the (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) always found us eventually. When I got out, I turned to booze because of the abuse. I drank to suppress what had happened to me, to deal with my anger, to deal with my pain, to forget. Ending up in jail was easy, because I'd already been there." Image by Daniella Zalcman. Canada, 2015.")
