Iraq's top officials expect U.S. troops to withdraw completely by the end of the year, but Washington politicians may have their own interpretation of what that means.
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A Colombian miner makes his first trip underground six weeks after a mining accident killed his brother and four others. Despite the outcry from politicians, safety conditions in the mines have not...
The collapse of the Qaddafi regime delights many Libyans but holds the risk of ongoing instability for much of the rest of the region. The mercenaries he recruited in Africa over the years are...
Clinical trials for US-bound drugs are increasingly conducted in Central and South America because it's cheaper and faster. But does this efficiency compromise safety for trial participants and...
Untold Stories
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Although official propaganda insists that China's forests are no longer in danger, over-harvesting and deforestation remain serious threats.
Leaping into cold water, surfers experience the perfect life—"nobody talks about terrorism, economics, or politics." Surfing is to some Moroccans what soccer is to much of the rest of the world.
Remus Cenusa is one of the last 40 residents in a Romanian village who refuse to accept a resettlement offer from Rosia Montana Gold Corporation. The beekeeper wants to remain under the buzz of his...
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The words "surfing" and "Islam" do not generally go together. Yet in Morocco, on Islam's Western shore, surfing has become an increasingly popular sport, attracting waveriders from around the globe.
Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas, has become the murder capital of the world. Most vulnerable are Los Ninis, young men and women who earned their name from “ni estudian,...
Thought by some to be irrelevant in the "new" India, caste still determines access to opportunities and defines Indian society. This project will look at the persistence of caste in this rising...
Gateways
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The initial shock of the earthquake has passed but Haiti continues its struggle to overcome both man-made and natural disasters.
The Downstream Gateway examines global issues related to water, from ecosystems and watersheds to freshwater resources, conservation efforts, and the impact of human activity and public policy.
The Dying for Life Gateway is a response to the global maternal health crisis. The Gateway examines motherhood as a continuum that encompasses reproductive health, family planning, pregnancy,...
Education
Global Gateway inspires students to become active consumers and producers of news and information
Fred de Sam Lazaro explains the source of declining birth rate in Brazil and how it could enhance women’s role in the society—a topic of his project “Brazil: Girl Power.”
Isaac Stone Fish talks about his reporting for the project, North Korea’s Addicting Export: Crystal Meth, from Yanji, China.
Do the economic benefits of coal mining outweigh the environmental, health, and safety risks of the extraction process? This lesson explores the growing coal mining industry in Colombia, relating it...
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Tom Hundley highlights recent Pulitzer Center reports that touch on different, yet eye-opening, perspectives on 9/11.
Pulitzer Center grantee Sean Gallagher traveled through China to report on disappearing wetlands caused by environmental degradation. His videos and photography are featured on the Asia Society's...
More than 80 protesters gathered in front of the White House on August 25 to rally against the proposed construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
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September 28, 2011
Photojournalist and Pulitzer Center grantee, Dominic Bracco II will present his work on the Ninis of Juarez at the University of Texas at Arlington on Sept. 28.
October 2, 2011
Jen Marlowe will discuss her films Darfur Diaries and Rebuilding Hope at Vanderbilt University's Holocaust Lecture series on October 2.
October 3, 2011
Photographer Stephanie Sinclair and writer Cynthia Gorney—in the June 2011 issue of National Geographic—investigated the underground world of prearranged child marriage, where girls as young...
October 3, 2011
Please join us for a conversation with Pulitzer Center grantees as they discuss the struggles and perseverance of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. Photojournalist Andre Lambertson will...
October 6, 2011
Journalist and Pulitzer Center grantee, Anna Badkhen shares her experiences from reporting in Afghanistan and the stories of the people she met.
October 6, 2011
Pulitzer Center founding director Jon Sawyer will deliver the 2011-2012 James C. Millstone Memorial Lecture, presented by the Saint Louis University School of Law Center for the Interdisciplinary...