Journalist and poet Eliza Griswold and Seamus Murphy, a London-based photographer, set out to document Afghan life through the prism of oral folk poems shared among Pashtun women.
For many Americans, Afghanistan is a country shrouded in mystery, particularly its women, literally shrouded under a burka, silent and seemingly impenetrable.
Stephen Sapienza reports on shale gas fracking in Poland for PBS Newshour.
Steve Sapienza exposes the human cost of palm oil, a cheap ingredient used in many processed foods.
The world--and especially the U.S--wants cheap shrimp. For the $1 billion plus shrimping industry in Thailand, satisfying this appetite comes at the expense of workers.
As Canadian mining companies look to exploit vast swaths of the Panamanian rain forest, local protesters and environmental activists fight back.
Water and sanitation are at the center of a heated political debate in Liberia. Why are so many still going without?
Liberian journalist Tecee Boley and NewsHour special correspondent Steve Sapienza on why the effects of war and a lack of accountability mean poor access to clean water and sanitation.
Access to water for the Ivory Coast's rural areas could be an important factor in bringing together a country in conflict.
Every day, millions of people across West Africa struggle to get access to safe drinking water. In many cases, the greatest obstacle they face is lack of government accountability.
Tunisia faces economic and social obstacles in its transition to democracy.
Ug99, a fungal disease known as wheat rust, could destroy 80 percent of all known wheat varieties. Scientists in Kenya's Rift Valley are joining a global fight against it.
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