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Americas

Virginia Street at McFarland Street, circa 1912. The Charleston Daily Mail, at left, moved across the street in 1927 into the building it currently occupies. (Archival image from Charleston Gazette-Mail / Courtesy of James D. Scarbro Jr.)
Americas

Despite a sale and layoffs, West Virginia newspaper continues its tradition of ‘sustained outrage’

"My father was a painter and craftsman and he shared his love of art with me. I believe that everything that is artistic is beautiful: theater, picture frames, poems, paintings, flowers, songs. In a person, it's the character, the silhouette, the smile and the eyes that count. That said, my biggest regret is not getting an education. Doors open for you when you're educated. Otherwise you feel shame. Regardless of the situation, I would advise young women to educate themselves." Marie-Berthe Paquette, 102 years old, Montreal, 2016. (Arianne Clément/GroundTruth)
Health

What these 100-year-old women teach us about beauty

When I started shooting this story, I wished to talk about elderly women's conditions in general, but I had no...

May 02, 2018
While covering the teachers' strike in West Virginia, Molly Born ran into people she grew up with. "People I hadn’t seen or thought of in years were suddenly those whose stories I was covering," she writes. (Molly Born/WVPB/GroundTruth)
Rights

Covering the West Virginia teacher strike — and coming home

CHARLESTON, West Virginia — The sea of striking teachers gathered in the Capitol here was dotted with red...

Apr 27, 2018
For young Cubans, one Cuban president is the same as another. (Kevin Grant/GroundTruth)
Democracy

As the Castro dynasty ends, young Cubans feel stuck

HAVANA — The ascendance of Miguel Díaz-Canel, the first Cuban president not named Castro since the revolution, has...

Apr 19, 2018
Scituate homes are being raised 16 to 20 feet above sea level to comply with the ‘100-year-storm flood marker,’ a level that fluctuates depending on location. The town offers select grants to homeowners to adapt their homes for flooding through the Federal Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. Financial assistance can provide up to 75 percent of the total cost of the climate mitigation project. (Lauren Owens Lambert/GroundTruth)
Announcements

GroundTruth announces new environmental reporting fellows

Two journalists have been named environmental reporting fellows with The GroundTruth Project, to be based at WCAI, the local...

Apr 12, 2018
Environment

The Last Generation

The Last Generation: An interactive film on the Marshall Islands (Photo by Michelle Mizner/GroundTruth/FRONTLINE) By The GroundTruth Project|April...

Apr 06, 2018
GroundTruth reporting fellow Rachel Cramer interviews Zack Porter in Montana. (Photo by Ben Brody)
War and Peace

Why are librarians and soldiers more trusted than reporters?

Why do Americans trust libraries and the military but not the media? At the recent Knight Media Forum,...

Mar 27, 2018
Supporters of Black Lives Matter join an estimated 500,000 marchers at the March For Our Lives rally in Washington, D.C. on March 24, 2018. (Photo by Kevin Grant)
Democracy

With March for Our Lives, an inclusive youth movement is born

WASHINGTON — DeVontae Gliss shivered in the morning cold as he held a sign honoring his late mother,...

Mar 24, 2018
A dueling campaign to influence science teachers' approach to teaching climate change highlights how classrooms have emerged as a battleground in the American political war over climate change. (Pixabay)
Environment

Mailings to teachers spotlight a political fight over climate change in the classroom

Last spring, science teachers across the nation began receiving unsolicited packages containing classroom materials from a libertarian group...

Mar 23, 2018
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Elizabeth Butler was one of the few women bomb techs on the Explosive Ordnance Division of the Air Force. She demonstrates a Packbot, a robot that helped her and her team disable IEDs, at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan on Dec. 29, 2009. (Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Butler)
Americas

Meet an Air Force bomb tech and the robots who helped her disarm IEDs

Most nights when she was deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, before she fell asleep, Master Sergeant Elizabeth Butler...

Mar 23, 2018
Marielle Franco, one of a handful of black women in Brazilian politics, was shot and killed in what police are calling an assassination. (Leonardo Coehlo/The GroundTruth Project)
Democracy

Remembering Marielle Franco, a black Brazilian trailblazer

Almost two years ago, GroundTruth fellow Catherine Osborn and I stood in the middle of Rio de Janeiro’s...

Mar 15, 2018
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