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January 28, 2021 | VICE News
Female Genital Cutting Is on the Rise During COVID in Kenya
The COVID-19 pandemic further complicates a global fight to end female genital cutting.
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January 28, 2021 | Science Magazine
Novavax Vaccine Delivers 89% Efficacy Against COVID-19 in UK—But Is Less Potent in South Africa
Test-tube studies suggest the South African coronavirus variant might be able to escape antibodies roused by vaccines.
January 27, 2021 | Science Magazine
Vaccine 2.0: Moderna and Other Companies Plan Tweaks That Would Protect Against New Coronavirus Mutations
Moderna plans to start development of booster shots tailored to B.1.351 and other variants of COVID-19. Other vaccinemakers are also contemplating updates.
January 26, 2021 | BBC Future
The Coronavirus 10 Times More Deadly Than COVID
In northern Kenya, researchers are working to prevent a dangerous coronavirus – Mers – from jumping from camels to humans again. But climate change is making their job more difficult.
January 26, 2021 | Nashville Scene
Outreach Programs Are Helping Latinx Immigrant Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence
The pandemic is disproportionately affecting the Latinx community — including survivors of assault.
January 26, 2021 | Science Magazine
Monoclonal Antibodies Protect Against COVID-19 in a Second Study
Regeneron revealed that when it gave an antibody cocktail to 186 people living with someone who had COVID-19, none developed symptomatic disease.
January 25, 2021 | Science Magazine
Proud of Vaccine Success, Warp Speed’s Ex–Science Head Talks Politics, Presidents, and Future Pandemics
Deeply proud of what he and the Warp Speed team accomplished, Slaoui is chagrined that Biden has called the vaccine rollout a “dismal failure.” He shares the dismay that there have been significant problems administering the vaccine doses, but he says most of the troubles stem from overwhelmed local public health systems.
January 25, 2021 | Pulitzer Center
Boyle Heights Seniors Adapt to Pandemic, Find Resiliency Amid Loneliness and Social Isolation
In L.A.'s Boyle Heights neighborhood, essential workers are helping low-income, Spanish-speaking seniors manage food insecurity, new technology, and social connection through programs built to last.
January 25, 2021 | WBEZ
Half Of Chicago Residents To Get COVID-19 Vaccine So Far Are White
Among Chicagoans who have gotten coronavirus vaccines, just 17% are Latino and 15% are Black, according to estimates released by the city’s Department of Public Health.
January 21, 2021 | Mongabay
Fears for Rosewood as Guinea-Bissau Prepares To Lift Six-Year Logging Ban
The Guinea-Bissau government is poised to lift a moratorium on logging. Forestry officials and conservationists say they fear a return to rampant overharvesting of rosewood and other valuable species.
January 21, 2021 | Al Jazeera
Living in the Shadow of Rebellion: India’s Gond Tribe
Members of Central India’s Gond tribe find themselves caught in a decades-long conflict between armed Maoists and the police.
January 21, 2021 | WBEZ
Elderly Anxious for the COVID-19 Vaccine Face a Confusing Wait
In Illinois, seniors are dying most of the coronavirus, state public health data shows. But answers to so many of their questions remain elusive.
February 22, 2013 | Student Reporting
Bosnia Prepares for First Post-War Census
A national census in Bosnia in October 2013 may reveal an increasingly ethnic Bosnian population, but getting minorities to officially declare their often-stigmatized identities will be difficult.
February 22, 2013 | Student Reporting
Spain Rights the Wrong of Jewish Exile?
More than 520 years after Spain expelled its Jewish population, the government has eased Spanish citizenship regulations for people of Sephardic Jewish descent.
February 22, 2013 | Student Reporting
The Crackdown: Spanish Protestor Becomes Symbol for Free Expression
Seventeen-year-old Yago Parra wanted to protest Spanish austerity measures. He never expected to become a symbol of the fight for free expression.
February 22, 2013 | Student Reporting
Clash on the Border of the Tohomo O’odham Nation
How do Tohono O’odham tribal members feel about the primarily Latino migrants crossing through their reservation in order to pursue the "American Dream"? It's complicated.
March 12, 2012
Campus Consortium Launches at Wake Forest, High Point and Guilford
The Pulitzer Center welcomes Wake Forest University, High Point University and Guilford College to its Campus Consortium network.
February 25, 2012 | Student Reporting
The Future of Xcel Energy in Colorado
Boulder, known for its green ideology, is preparing to take over the town's electrical utility in an effort to become more sustainable and bring the power of choice back to the public.
February 25, 2012 | Student Reporting
Capturing the ‘I’iwi
Hawaii's ‘i’iwi honeycreeper may not last another generation and its extinction would change the biological diversity and culture of the islands.
February 25, 2012 | Student Reporting
Does Congo Really Need Us?
Some of the biggest criticisms of international aid are coming from self-reflective aid workers who question their role and the role of their employers in developing nations.
February 25, 2012 | Student Reporting
Labor Policy in the 2012 Farm Bill
Every five years the federal government passes a Farm Bill to outline agriculture and food policy. This year, interest groups are trying to get a policy protecting farmworker rights included.
February 25, 2012 | Student Reporting
Protecting Chimpanzees from Hollywood and Extinction
Animal welfare organizations seek additional protections for chimpanzees that could ultimately result in the end of their appearances in movies and commercials.
February 25, 2012 | Student Reporting
The Future of Democracy in China
Coming off of adventures in Asia during summer 2011, one traveler's questions shifted from whether China is ready for an Arab Spring to what the future of democracy looks like there.
February 25, 2012 | Student Reporting
How Does Your Garden Grow? Virginia Students Bloom In Outdoor Classroom
Mattey's Garden, a 13-year-old gardening program offered at Matthew Whaley Elementary School in Williamsburg, VA, isn't just about vegetables.
December 18, 2020 | Project news
Recording From Above: Baltimore Police Aerial Surveillance
Joanne Cavanaugh Simpson speaks to St. Louis Public Radio about her reporting on surveillance, policing, and civil rights.
December 18, 2020 | Project news, Awards
Asian American Journalists Honor 2018 Pulitzer Center Fellow
Kiran Misra has won a Journalism Excellence Award for her story on the effects of New Delhi urban development on local communities.
December 18, 2020 | General news
The Making of the COVID-19 Writers Project
C. Zawadi Morris, creator of the COVID-19 Writers Project, and contributor Eisa Nefertari Ulen discuss the importance of documenting history with personal narratives.
December 17, 2020 | General news
Pulitzer Center Announces Second Richard C. Longworth Media Fellow
WBEZ reporter Natalie Y. Moore will travel to Finland to report on the country’s “open prison” system, criminal justice reform, and relationship with immigrants.
December 16, 2020 | General news
Journalists Investigate West Bank Settlements Through Film
What are the ethical and legal implications of Israel’s West Bank settlements? Who are the people on the ground and what are their stories?
December 11, 2020 | General news
Balancing the Narrative in Coverage of the Amazon
A webinar explores ways to make news coverage of the Amazon forest more balanced.
December 11, 2020 | Project news, Education news
Phoenix School District First in State to Use '1619 Project' Curricula
Over 2,200 students will engage with the material, which is based on a New York Times Magazine initiative that interrogates the legacy of slavery in the United States.
December 10, 2020 | Project news, Awards
Pulitzer Center-Supported 'Cambodia Burning' Wins Earth Photo Award
The documentary, which explores Cambodia’s rapid deforestation due to agriculture and logging, won in the short film category.
December 07, 2020 | Project news, Awards
‘Cambodia Burning’ Shortlisted for British Photography Award
Grantee Sean Gallagher’s project looks into how logging, agriculture, and rubber plantations are pushing Cambodian forests to the edge of existence
December 02, 2020 | General news, Project news
African Journalists on Covering Crises During a Pandemic
Grantees Fredrick Mugira and Ejiro Umukoro share their experiences covering pervasive environmental and social issues in Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic.
December 02, 2020 | General news
Reporting on COVID-19 in the Mission District Through Art and Activism
Grantees Lydia Chávez and Molly Oleson explain how their Pulitzer Center-supported project utilized illustrations and community outreach to tell pandemic stories in San Francisco’s Mission District.
November 25, 2020 | General news
Memory and Protest of Femicide in Juárez
Journalists, a poet laureate, and an attorney and activist discussed “Disappearing Daughters,” which combines journalism and poetry to tell the story of women’s resistance to gender-based violence.