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April 13, 2012 | Pulitzer Center
Witnesses at Memphis Trial Say Petties Worked Directly With 'La Barbie'
A federal trial in Memphis connects a local crime to the international drug trade.
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North America
February 01, 2012 | Pulitzer Center
Mexico: A Clarinet Instead of a Gun
Juarez is one of the most violent cities in the world and home to many Ninis, young people with little education and no jobs. One youth found refuge in an orchestra.
January 26, 2012 | Pulitzer Center
Mexico: Life and Death in the Northern Pass
Staggering crime rates and economic decline in Ciudad Juarez offer little prospect for young people with no jobs and no education. Many of them are turning to drug cartels for work.
January 26, 2012 | Pulitzer Center
Mexico's Changing Psyche
With at least 48,000 casualties in the last five years, the drug war in Mexico has resulted in widespread desensitization to the violence that permeates daily life.
January 11, 2012 | Pulitzer Center
U.S. Scientists Continue Fight Against Global Wheat Killer
As scientists make progress against Ug99, a fungus that threatens wheat crops worldwide, new methods to produce and distribute disease-resistant seeds must also be developed.
September 28, 2011 | KERA News
The War Next Door
Pulitzer Center grantee Dominic Bracco II speaks with KERA News about the impact of Mexico's bloody drug war on those living in Ciudad Juarez.
September 15, 2011 | Pulitzer Center
Half the World: Perspectives on Women as World Population Reaches 7 Billion
As the world's population reaches 7 billion, experts see women's education as a vital tool for dealing with population issues in developing countries.
September 15, 2011 | Pulitzer Center
9/11 Border Security Leads to Crime Increase in Mexico
Increased border security after the 9/11 attacks has led to an upsurge in violent crime, drug use and economic distress in Mexico.
September 10, 2011 | Pulitzer Center
9/11: Debunking Myths of Islam Ten Years Later
Natana DeLong-Bas, Professor of Theology at Boston College, debunks post-9/11 misconceptions of Islam that have persisted in the wake of the terror attacks.
August 25, 2011 | Pulitzer Center
Haiti: Prostitution and Rape Increase after Quake
It is not as if teenage prostitution didn’t exist in Haiti before the January 2010 earthquake that left 1.5 million displaced, tens of thousands of them living in haphazardly-placed tents in scattered through the capital, Port-au-Prince. But in the months since, the number of girls, some as young as 8, who have been forced to have sex in order to survive has drastically increased. Not surprisingly, the number of rapes has also gone up.
August 18, 2011 | Esquire
The Prisoners of Guantánamo
Of the 171 prisoners still there, only about two dozen are hardened militants and war criminals. Most are like Noor Uthman Muhammed —hapless men who were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
July 20, 2011 | Le Monde
The Cartel Next Door
The money that drug users spend in your community may be helping Mexican cartels pay their employees, bribe officials, buy weapons, and hire people to torture and kill rivals.