Culture rests at the core of how people live their lives and experience the world. Pulitzer Center grantee stories tagged with “Culture” feature reporting that covers knowledge, belief, art, morals, law and customs. Use the Pulitzer Center Lesson Builder to find and create lesson plans on culture.
Part of the cultural exchange between Kentucky and Massachusetts members of Hands Across the Hills involves singing shape-note hymns, which comes from Northern and Southern singing traditions.
Indonesia's most conservative province seems to have drawn a line in the sand to protect its traditional Islamic culture from Salafi inroads.
In rural Kentucky, a project works to mend the political divide between Americans and find common ground.
In rural Kentucky, a project works to mend the political divide between Americans and find common ground.
Grassroots delegation from Massachusetts heads to Kentucky for an initiative to bridge political and cultural differences.
Grantee Tomaso Clavarino reports on the the growing influence of evangelical churches in Africa.
Hrafnhildur Sveinbjörnsdóttir had a double mastectomy after finding out she had a gene mutation linked to a high risk of breast cancer. But trying to avoid illness cost her her health.
Meet four Cuban artists who are highlighting the many faces of Cuba.
Thanks to large-scale restoration efforts, the North Aral Sea has seen a resurgence of fish—a boon to the communities that rely on it.
Documentation of the languages in Ketchikan came as a result of collaboration between academic linguists and elders.
As racial tensions mount, campuses are seeing a surge in enrollment and a new brand of African-American activism.
Ivan Sigal is interviewed by Medium about his multimedia project documenting the current reality of the Karachi Circular Railway.
Pulitzer Center Senior Editor Tom Hundley highlights Anna Hazare's anti-corruption movement in India and the growing discontent among civilians in Egypt.
The Magnum Foundation Emergency Fund interviewed Pulitzer Center grantees Cedric Gerbehaye and Rebecca Hamilton on the transition occurring in Sudan after the South gained independence July 9.
Photographer Stephanie Sinclair and writer Cynthia Gorney shared their investigative report on child marriage Oct. 3 at the National Geographic Society.
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Grabbing Gold
From Eastern Europe to South America, soaring gold prices have triggered a global gold rush. Industrial mining companies—quite a few of them based in Canada—are muscling aside small local operations and laying waste to large swaths of previously pristine countryside. It is an under-reported crisis that has been on the Pulitzer Center’s radar for more than a year, and it now seems to be gaining some media traction.
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Libya's Most Eligible Bachelors
After toppling a string of dictators across the region, the Arab Spring can also claim credit for launching a sexual revolution of sorts. Ellen Knickmeyer, writing for Foreign Policy, reports that young men in Libya, especially those who took up arms against the Qaddafi regime, suddenly find themselves looking more attractive to women.
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A Bachelor Nation As Big As Texas
China’s draconian one-child policy helped check population growth in the world’s most populous country, but because of the ancient preference for sons, it has also thrown the country’s gender ratio completely out of whack. Today, for every 100 females in China, there are 120 males. In some areas the ratio is 100 to 150. This means that by 2020, China will have a nation of bachelors as large as the entire population of Texas.
In an interview with WSIU Public Broadcasting, Anna Badkhen said she tries to portray Afghans as complex human beings, not the two-dimensional stick figures that often appear in mainstream media.
Pulitzer Center Senior Editor Tom Hundley issues a wrap-up of this week's content, highlighting Egypt's deathly Christian Coptic demonstration and Iraq's uncertain future as U.S. troops withdraw.
Pulitzer Center-grantee and photographer Peter DiCampo contributed photography, testimony from survivors and his reporting to the Human Rights Watch report on Ivory Coast.
Tom Hundley recaps the Pulitzer Center's week, highlighting a new series of Untold Stories from grantee Jenna Krajeski who is reporting on Kurdish youngsters jailed on harsh anti-terrorism laws.
Jackee Batanda, the 2011-12 Elizabeth Neuffer Fellow, visited the Pulitzer Center to talk about her experience as a journalist in Uganda.
Pulitzer Center grantee Sean Gallagher traveled through China to report on disappearing wetlands caused by environmental degradation.
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