Photographer Larry Price often focuses on eyes to catch the essence of a story. In the gold mines of Burkina Faso, he was drawn instead to the hands and feet of working children.
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Sales of firearms heat up as fears of a Washington crackdown loom.
Renewed efforts toward an Israeli-Palestinian peace process must take into account the ancient history of Jerusalem and its present narrative.
In his book, senior adviser Marvin Kalb examines U.S. presidents' choices in declaring war. An interview with the author on NPR.
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To get at the gold beneath the soil in Burkina Faso, miners sink deep pits far below the surface. The work is dirty and dangerous. Many who toil in the underground darkness are children.
Photographer Larry Price often focuses on eyes to catch the essence of a story. In the gold mines of Burkina Faso, he was drawn instead to the hands and feet of working children.
Public officials in the southern African nation of Malawi are considering the imposition of user fees at government-run health facilities. Rural farmers insist health care should remain free.
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While the debate over health user fees has been raging in international development circles for decades, in Malawi the issue has a longer history, combustible politics, and intense personal relevance...
In Malawi, people are using a deceptively simple strategy to alleviate poverty: giving poor people money and letting them decide how to spend it.
Panama is confronting their electricity crisis by constructing a major dam near a territory designated for indigenous people who say the project threatens their way of life.
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Pulitzer Center journalists examine emerging nuclear threats, from an alarming new arms race between India and Pakistan to the competition between the U.S. and Russia on nuclear exports.
A collaborative investigation into the water sector in Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Liberia in partnership with local journalists and their outlets.
From the gold in our jewelry to the shrimp at our favorite restaurant and the minerals within our electronics, the true cost of production—both social and environmental—too often remains hidden.
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Journalist Larry Price discusses his reporting on what it's like to be a child laborer in the gold mines of Burkina Faso.
Allison Shelley and Allyn Gaestel discuss the challenges of reporting on "Chaupadi: Nepali Women's Monthly Exile" and the barriers to reproductive health care faced by women in rural Nepal.
Interview with director Micah Fink about the making of "The Abominable Crime", a film about Jamaica's violent homophobia and the brave people who stand up to it.
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Global warming, pollution and overfishing are killing the world’s oceans. Pulitzer Center grantees Erik Vance and Dominic Bracco II take us to the Sea of Cortez.
John Schmid, Mike De Sisti take home APME honors for their series in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about Chinese competition and the Wisconsin paper industry.
Senior advisor Marvin Kalb speaks at Politics and Prose about his new book, "The Road to War." Watch excerpts here.
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The collaboration combines Johns Hopkins’ deep bench of top public health experts with the Pulitzer Center’s extensive experience supporting global health reporting for leading news outlets.
Affiliated with State University of New York (SUNY), Westchester Community College continues its tradition as "Veteran Friendly Campus" and offers new Communications & Journalism Innovation Lab.
One of our earliest journalist tours included a University of Miami stop focused on under-told stories from South America. We returned to the University in spring 2012 with "Voices of Haiti."
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June 19, 2013 to August 24, 2013
Seamus Murphy brings to life the stories and poetry of Afghan women through his photographs at Poetry Foundation exhibition June 19 - August 24.
August 15, 2013
New book by Pulitzer Center grantee examines controversial Human Terrain program that embeds social scientists, anthropologists with US troops.
August 21, 2013
Join us for a South Asia-focused talks @ pulitzer featuring journalists Esha Chhabra and Beenish Ahmed and their health, education and development reporting in the region.