How frequently has “Darfur” been mentioned in Congress? A timeline.
You can search and explore all of your favorite keywords (example: health care reform, win the future) entered into the Congressional Record with the Capitol Words tool via the Sunlight Foundation.
A group of refugees in South Sudan must pick up and leave what they thought was a safe haven after bombs dropped by northern government forces came perilously close last week — but many do not want to move.
(South Sudanese wait to be transported on a train from Khartoum to South Sudan. Photo by Ashraf Shazly/AFP/Getty Images.)
Welcome to “Study Island.” Last week, four Pulitzer Center photographers descended on DC area public schools to talk photography and international affairs with students in 20 different classes — from preschool to 12th grade — in the Washington metro area.
Above: Photographer James Whitlow Delano pictured with a class of 3-year-olds at G. James Gholson Middle School in Maryland. James has documented the struggles of indigenous people in Malaysia to keep their rainforests alive.
Above: Langley Education Campus students in northeast D.C. hear from Sean Gallagher, an award-winning photographer whose projects reveal the severity of environmental issues in China.
We routinely take our journalists across the country to speak with students on issues ranging from tuberculosis to child soldiers, and to help train students to create powerful media of their own.
“This was a revolution, sure. But also a civil war, with winners and losers.”
-Ayman Oghanna, reporting from Libya.
Above: A rebel soldier distraught over the death of a comrade. Image by Ayman Oghanna. Libya, 2011.
“It’s not about space. It’s about equity, justice and social distribution.”
-Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, executive director of the United States Population Fund
The world population is set to reach 7 billion this month. What does that mean for women around the world?
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army cuts a wide swath of terror. Can American troops make a difference?
Above: Boniface Kumbo Nyeki, 14, spent 6 months as a soldier with the LRA and was released when the Ugandan People’s Defence Force (UPDF) attacked their camp. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Democratic Republic of Congo, 2010.
More images from “The Lord’s Resistance Army: The Hunt for Africa’s Most Wanted.”
“One day
I will tag
a google map
with all
the places
I’ve nearly
died.”-David Enders.
Baghdad - Through poetry, Pulitzer Center grantee considers the danger he faces as a journalist in Iraq where security resides “only in your head.”
Above: On the road reporting in Iraq. Image by David Enders. Iraq, 2011.
“I’ve voted! I’ve voted!” (@imen_ on Twitter)
Tunisian voters in France are posting souvenir pictures of their ink-stained fingers, the procedure chosen by the Tunisian electoral commission to avoid multiple votes and frauds. Tunisians are voting in the first democratic elections in 50 years.
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Devastating street view in Sirte after clashes between Libyan interim government forces and Gaddafi loyalists on October 18th.
(via viewfromthebalcony)
