An estimated 702.1 million people around the world lack access to food, clothing and other basic necessities. Pulitzer Center reporting tagged with “Poverty” feature reporting on health, malnutrition, education inequality and the many other endemic effects of poverty. Use the Pulitzer Center Lesson Builder to find and create lesson plans on poverty.
About half of Guatemala’s children will face physical or developmental challenges due to malnutrition, yet vegetables grown for export overflow in the countryside.
In Guatemala, a country where nearly half of the children are so malnourished they're "stunted," a new initiative by the nation's top leaders has many feeling hopeful for the first time in years.
Defeating malnutrition in Guatemala, Central America's most populous country.
Day four of Matthew Niederhauser's photo diary from the World Cup in Brazil.
Day three of Matthew Niederhauser's photo diary from Brazil's World Cup.
Day two of Matthew Niederhauser's photo diary from the World Cup in Brazil.
Across the country, many urban hospitals are under-staffed and under-resourced—unable to meet patient demand. Photographer Sami Siva documents the challenges.
Day one of Matthew Niederhauser's photo diary from the World Cup in Brazil.
An army of 2.3 million health workers, most of them women, have helped to virtually eradicate polio in India.
When mothers must work abroad, what happens to the children they leave behind?
After a reporting project in Madagascar, Aaron reflects on the challenge for journalists of getting Africa "right."
Sean Gallagher's short film "The Toxic Price of Leather" tells of communities in India that have been harmed by pollution from leather tannery industry.
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