2024 Year in Photos - report.pulitzercenter.org
In the remote Western Brooks Range in Alaska, the visible impact of climate change is striking. Permafrost, the layer of soil that remains frozen throughout the year, is thawing at an unprecedented rate and exposing the pyrite-rich bedrock to water and oxygen.
Greenland’s Rare Earths Attract European and U.S Interest, …
Nov 14, 2024 · Southern Greenland has shown promising reserves of rare earths, with ongoing exploration underway. While some deposits are sizable, the concentration of rare earths in the region's ore is relatively low, according to Flemming Getreuer Christiansen, a geoscientific consultant with experience in Greenland's mining industry.
To Understand India, Listen to the Pandits of Kashmir
Aug 15, 2024 · A certain telling of the Pandit story at the onset of India’s counterinsurgency in the 1990s has captured the imagination of Indians in the subcontinent and beyond—one in which Hindus were simply the victims of genocidal Muslims. But this version is alienated from the political context of the popular uprising, and vests significant responsibility in Muslim civilians rather than in India ...
Karoshi: A Deep Look Into Japan’s Unforgiving Working Culture
Dec 8, 2023 · On December 25, 2015, 24-year-old Matsuri Takahashi died by suicide, jumping from her company dormitory. Takahashi was an employee of Japan’s largest advertising agency, Dentsu Inc., notorious for its rigorous working environment.
Science of Misinformation - Pulitzer Center
Oct 30, 2024 · Worries about misinformation are everywhere these days. “Fake news” and “post-truth” have become household terms. In 2021, President Biden accused social media platforms of “killing people” by not doing enough to stop misinformation about COVID-19.
Leila Molana-Allen - Pulitzer Center
Sep 3, 2024 · Leila Molana-Allen is a roving Special Correspondent for PBS NewsHour, reporting from across the wider Middle East and Africa. She has been based in
'Children Are Different:' Sentencing Juveniles as Adults
Aug 30, 2019 · Recent legislative reforms and judicial decisions may signal that states are beginning to scale back on “tough on crime” policies by changing how courts treat juveniles in the criminal justice system. Tough on crime policies enacted in the 1980s and 1990s increased the number of juveniles charged as adults—viewing them not as children or delinquents but as fully formed criminals. But ...
A Look Into Finland’s Housing First Initiative - Pulitzer Center
Aug 23, 2024 · Silta’s community space, where tenants go for gardening or group BBQs. Image by Lilly Dietz. Finland, 2024. Silta can house 75 tenants. Although tenants are assigned units based on their individual needs, they still enjoy living in a community with other residents.
Explained: Why Haiti & the Dominican Republic Are at Odds
Sep 29, 2023 · Historian Lissette Acosta Corniel, an assistant professor of Latin American Studies at the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC), explains the rifts that tore apart Ayiti Kiskeya O Boyo (aka Hispaniola).
How Europeans Brought Sickness to the New World
Jun 12, 2015 · How Europeans Brought Sickness to the New World. In the Americas, the arrival of Europeans brought disease, war, and slavery to many indigenous peoples. Can some of the world's last isolated groups avoid those fates as they make contact in the 21st...