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January 13, 2010 | Pulitzer Center
Conditions in Haiti's Recently Collapsed Penitentiary
An inside look at the dangerous conditions inside Haiti's collapsing national penitentiary.
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Outbreaks and Epidemics
December 23, 2009 | World Focus
Ida's Story
Ida Northover is a volunteer community leader battling stigma and discrimination in one of the poorest inner city communities on the outskirts of Kingston, Jamaica.
November 11, 2009 | World Focus
Souls, Sacrilege and Salvation
The Reverend Robert Griffin leads a secret church that is welcoming to gay men and women in Jamaica. He believes that religion is at the heart of Jamaica culture of homophobia and the time has come to reinterpret the Bible for modern times.
November 10, 2009 | World Focus
Violence and Venom
Jamaica may be one of the most violently homophobic societies in the world. This piece explores the dark side of Jamaica's culture of anti-gay violence and attitudes and explores the ideological beliefs that perpetuate it.
November 05, 2009 | Pulitzer Center
Miriam Maluwa: UNAIDS Representative on HIV/AIDS in Jamaica
UNAIDS official expresses her belief that the only way Jamaica can contain HIV/AIDS epidemic in the country is to openly discuss about HIV/AIDS and the LGBT community.
October 18, 2009 | Pulitzer Center
Robert Carr on Stigma and Spread of HIV/AIDS in Jamaica
Executive Director of the Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition explains how violence against the LGBT community in Jamaica impacts the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the country.
October 17, 2009 | Pulitzer Center
Reverand Robert Griffin on the Sunshine Cathedral
Every weekend, an American minister flies to Jamaica to lead an underground congregation for the under-served population: the LGBT community.
October 17, 2009 | Pulitzer Center
Being Gay in Jamaica: A Woman's Perspective
Leader of the only gay activist group in Jamaica shares her analysis and opinion on the scope and impact of homophobia in the Caribbean country.
October 07, 2009 | Pulitzer Center
Dr. Figueroa on HIV AIDS in Jamaica
For more than 25 years, Dr. Peter Figueroa fought an exhausting battle against HIV/AIDS epidemic in Jamaica. Now retired, he describes the challenges that have prevented him from reaching the goal.
October 02, 2009 | Pulitzer Center
Jamaica: Seven Facts
What does it mean when we report that a recent Jamaican government study found that nearly one-third of gay men in Jamaica are HIV positive?
October 02, 2009 | St. Louis Beacon
Take Five: Jon Sawyer, the Pulitzer Center's executive director, talks about new tools of journalism
Livehopelove.com feels like a plane ticket, a passport, something that helps you get from here to there. The website, a reporting project on HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting , features interviews, music, photos and poems.
Together, the story told is about living and dying with HIV/AIDS in Jamaica.
"Most of my friends are dying -- the thing is, they know it, and the others are busy nursing the dying: God's cruel edits."
October 01, 2009 | World Focus
One Island, Two Jamaicas and A Whole Heap of Difference
A public debate erupted earlier this year when graphic Dancehall music lyrics and images were banned from Jamaica's airwaves. The public responses reveal the legacy of two Jamaica's.