DOWNSTREAM: Our Water, Our Lives
March 16, 2010 06:45 PM
Image by Sean Gallagher for Desertification in China, a Pulitzer Center project. Summer Marion, Pulitzer Center Monday, March 22 marks World Water Day. Environmental experts, policymakers, and even those of us who typically leave the tap running while brushing our......
The Toilet River
March 16, 2010 04:15 PM
Adam Yamaguchi, Special to the Pulitzer Center Adam Yamaguchi is currently working on a story for the next season of Vanguard about toilets, or the lack thereof, in much of the world. Vanguard is Current TV's original documentary series. Watch......
Students in St. Louis ask, "Why does 'never again' happen again?"
March 16, 2010 02:01 PM
Pulitzer Center Staff Civitas Associates/Active Citizen360, the Pulitzer Center's educational partner in St. Louis, promotes responsible citizenship by providing opportunities for students to become more informed and express their opinions about important global and local issues. One element of this......
French Guiana's Gold Rush: The Big Picture
March 14, 2010 10:15 PM
Damon Tabor, for the Pulitzer Center Cayenne, French Guiana During a bad recession, the price of gold lifts astonishingly high as the market drops precipitously low--a pecuniary pas de deux with ripple-out effects around the world but in no stranger......
Iraq: City of Trash
March 14, 2010 11:45 AM
Dimiter Kenarov, for the Pulitzer Center Baghdad, Iraq A view of a Baghdad street through a dirt-caked windshield. Photo by Dimiter Kenarov. After the post-election glow, Baghdad is back in the real world. The streets are clogged with vehicles honking......
"Alleged 'American Jihadist' Made Way to Yemen," Haley Sweetland Edwards, AOL News
March 12, 2010 06:16 PM
Sharif Mobley is the latest in a line of suspected 'American jihadists' - disgruntled American citizens, including Colleen LaRose aka Jihad Jane, who have allegedly been radicalized and recruited as foot soldiers by Islamic extremists....
"Rollerblading trumps jihad, French say," Haley Sweetland Edwards and Paul Stephens, Global Post
March 12, 2010 06:16 PM
The French group Planet Roller brought a team to Yemen to show kids there's an alternative to jihad....
India: Ear to the Ground
March 11, 2010 04:45 PM
Maha Atal, for the Pulitzer Center I wrote over a month ago of a prevalent strain of India-skepticism that focuses on its rampant poverty. I said then that this was not the greatest threat to the country, and I continue......
Iraq: The Hurt Locker 2
March 10, 2010 08:45 PM
Dimiter Kenarov, for the Pulitzer Center Baghdad, Iraq General Fares Hatem Abdel Hamid in the rec room of the General Counter Explosive Directorate with his son and Jamal Hamit Farkan behind him. Photo by Dimiter Kenarov. Three days after Iraqis......
Project: Report Semi-finalists Find Inspiration
March 9, 2010 05:46 PM
Donté Donald, Pulitzer Center The instructions for the first round of Project Report video contest were to film a day in the life of an inspiring person, and the participants answered the call with compelling stories. The top 10 semi-finalists......
Yemen's women have little to celebrate
March 8, 2010 03:30 PM
Haley Sweetland Edwards, for the Pulitzer Center Sana'a, Yemen It's a little surreal being in Yemen on International Women's Day. This place is not exactly a feminist's paradise. A 2009 World Economic Forum report on gender equality listed Yemen for......
Baghdad: Election Day
March 8, 2010 12:01 PM
Dimiter Kenarov, for the Pulitzer Center Baghdad, Iraq American soldiers in the headlights of their armored vehicles. (Dimiter Kenarov) 4:00 AMUnder the quarter moon, in the high beams of their armored vehicles, US soldiers are gearing up for the most......
"Yemeni Separatists Flaunt Stars and Stripes," Haley Sweetland Edwards, Aol News
March 7, 2010 11:00 AM
As Yemen's southern separatist movement has gained steam in recent months, so has the government's response....
Iraq: Inside the Citadel
March 6, 2010 09:19 PM
Dimiter Kenarov, for the Pulitzer Center Baghdad, Iraq Friday. A day for prayer. Two days before the national elections. Still warm and sunny. A lieutenant from the US Army offers to escort me inside the compound of the Independent High......
The Problem Of Memory: Why Launching A New Strategy In Afghanistan Is Harder Than It Looks
March 6, 2010 02:45 PM
By Vanessa M. Gezari, for the Pulitzer Center Zormat, Afghanistan Elders, including Hajji Naim on the right, at a shura in Zormat in February The Afghan army commander motioned the American lieutenant into his office. Lt. Col. Attaullah was 48,......
"Separatism grows in Southern Yemen," Haley Sweetland Edwards, The National
March 6, 2010 10:45 AM
In the rural villages around southern Yemen, the signs that a separatist movement is growing are unmistakable....
Iraq: Policing the International Zone
March 5, 2010 10:46 PM
Dimiter Kenarov, for the Pulitzer Center Baghdad, Iraq Iraqi soldiers scuffle amongst themselves on the street in Baghdad. (Dimiter Kenarov) Pickup trucks, SUVs, military trucks, Humvees, fire trucks, ambulances. Honking. Singing. It all looks like a big tailgate party. "If......
Baghdad: Entry Control
March 5, 2010 05:16 PM
Dimiter Kenarov, for the Pulitzer Center Baghdad, Iraq The sky over Baghdad is deep blue. Last night's rain has washed the air spick-and-span. The day billows with promise--all green palms and golden mosques. Even the Aerostats, the ominous zeppelin-shaped surveillance......
The United Nations Peacebuilding Commission: Mixed Results Amid Tense Issues
March 5, 2010 03:15 PM
Mark C. Hackett, Special to the Pulitzer Center Mark C. Hackett is the founder and president of Operation Broken Silence. Genocide, mass human rights violations, and civil war are all things that seem to briefly grab global news headlines when......
Bolivia: Indigenous People Confront Global Warming Introduction
March 5, 2010 02:01 PM
Daniel Grossman for the Pulitzer Center Cochabamba, Bolivia Evo Morales, the president of Bolivia, has called for a worldwide meeting of indigenous people about global warming. Morales is an outspoken advocate for indigenous rights and a critic of the results......
