Politics

Field Notes: Meeting with Alfredo Cristiani

Jonathan Blitzer

Pursuing an interview with former President of El Salvador Alfredo Cristiani.

March 13, 2018 | Pulitzer Center

Loughed Away: Brexit Raises Concerns About Environmental Protections

Heather Baier

A glacial fjord situated between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland may create an international game of tug-a-war.

March 12, 2018 | National Geographic

Why Historically Black Colleges Are Enjoying a Renaissance

Nina Robinson and Radcliffe "Ruddy" Roye

As racial tensions mount, campuses are seeing a surge in enrollment and a new brand of African-American activism.

February 15, 2018 | The Guardian

Why Silicon Valley Billionaires Are Prepping for the Apocalypse in New Zealand

Mark O'Connell

How an extreme libertarian tract predicting the collapse of liberal democracies inspired the likes of Peter Thiel to buy up property across the Pacific.

February 12, 2018 | Harper's Magazine

The Great Divide

Maddy Crowell

Traveling by train through India's disputed region of Kashmir.

February 06, 2018 | PBS NewsHour

Hurricane Irma Might Bring Communal Ownership of Barbuda to an End

Steve Sapienza

Some residents of Barbuda in the Caribbean are concerned that communal land ownership laws on the island are being changed in the interest of developers following Hurricane Irma's destruction.

January 26, 2018 | The Texas Tribune

Texas Smugglers Say Trump's Border Wall Wouldn't Stop Immigrants, Drugs from Pouring Across the Border

Jay Root

If the Trump administration follows through on the president's promises to build a border wall, would it actually stop undocumented immigrants and illegal drugs? Two former smugglers explain how they'd work around it.

January 22, 2018 | Pulitzer Center

Alone in the Aftermath: Families of Slain Drug Suspects Struggle with Little Support

Pat Nabong

For families of slain drug suspects, the aftermath takes an intense emotional toll. Because of the many barriers to mental health resources, psychological effects remain widely unaddressed.

January 16, 2018 | Foreign Policy

Fantasy Island

Saul Elbein

Exporting British Columbia’s abundant energy resources should have been a slam dunk. How did a multibillion-dollar dream go up in smoke?

January 16, 2018 | Mongabay

Venezuela’s Mining Arc Boom Sweeps Up Indigenous People and Cultures

Bram Ebus

For three months, a reporter travelled Venezuela’s disputed mining areas, gathering exclusive material on Latin America’s most underreported natural resources conflict.

January 08, 2018 | The Progressive

Foreign Correspondent: Trump’s Phony Support for Iran’s Popular Protests

Reese Erlich

December's spontaneous protests among young, working-class Iranians reflect the similar tensions over wealth inequality that plague the U.S. But that hasn't stopped Donald Trump from using the protests to justify his aggressive policies.

January 03, 2018 | NPR

Treaties Between the U.S. Government and Native Nations: A Primer

Josephine Holtzman, Isaac Kestenbaum, Allison Herrera

More than 370 treaties between the U.S. government and American Indian nations have been signed. Nearly all have been broken. But these promises still bind us all today.

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