The GroundTruth Project
  • REPORTS
    • Columns
    • Environment
    • Rights
    • Faith
    • Health
    • Democracy
    • War & Peace
    • Special Reports
    • On the Ground
    • Navigator
    • Photography
    • Films
  • PODCAST
  • ABOUT
    • Awards
  • Announcements
Skip to content
The GroundTruth Project
The GroundTruth Project
  • REPORTS
    • Columns
    • Environment
    • Rights
    • Faith
    • Health
    • Democracy
    • War & Peace
    • Special Reports
    • On the Ground
    • Navigator
    • Photography
    • Films
  • PODCAST
  • ABOUT
    • Awards
  • Announcements

Asia

An abandoned mosque outside the sea wall in Muara Baru, North Jakarta. Jakarta is sinking as a result of massive groundwater extraction. And Muara Baru, one of the fastest sinking parts of the city, is already located below the sea level. (Photo by Muhammad Fadli)
Season 3 - Living Proof |Episode 2

Jakarta’s fight against flooding

A woman's shoes are seen in a day bar in Angeles City, notorious for its red light district and sex tourism. In the wake of typhoons, women and girls from climate change vulnerable areas, particularly Samar and Leyte, wind up in the sex trade after being displaced from storms. (Photo by Hannah Reyes Morales/GroundTruth)
Asia

Sex Trafficking in the Philippines

Sex Trafficking in the Philippines: Introduction A scene from Fields Avenue, the red light district in Angeles City,...

Nov 10, 2016
The view from East Boston as the sun rises over the Boston skyline on June 7, 2016. (Photo by Lauren Owens/GroundTruth)
Environment

Cities Underwater

Cities Underwater: Introduction New construction reflected in the windows of a building in Boston's Seaport District. (Photo by...

Nov 10, 2016
Feature Films

Son of Fukushima

Son of Fukushima: About the film Click the play button on the image above to watch the trailer....

Oct 03, 2016
Many neighborhoods along Jakarta's rivers are being bulldozed to make way for river widening and "revitalization" projects. (Photo by Muhammad Fadli/GroundTruth)
Environment

Navigating Jakarta as it tries to stay above water

JAKARTA, Indonesia — One of the first things I’m learning as a foreigner visiting this city for the...

Jul 28, 2016
A few days after her sterilization operation, Sonia Devi, 35, recuperates at home with her newborn daughter, Lovely, her fourth child, in the Begusarai District in Bihar. After she gave birth, Sonia says an asha, an accredited social health activist, told her about the option of using sterilization to limit her family size. Sonia didn't appear to be aware of other methods of birth control. (Photo by Sarah Weiser/GroundTruth)
Health

In India, sterilization is sometimes the only birth control available

Concerns about the world’s rapidly growing population led to far-reaching calls for control measures in the 1960s. In...

Jul 13, 2016
Downed U.S. military helicopters, fighter jets and tanks are on display in front of the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City. (Photo by Joanne Silberner/GroundTruth)
War and Peace

In modern Vietnam, the war is ‘in the past’

By Joanne Silberner I’m a child of the '60s – walkouts over the Vietnam War were a regular part...

May 27, 2016
Porcupine is a sought-after delicacy in Vietnam, not readily available in the cities but a treat when you can get it. (Photo by Joanne Silberner/GroundTruth)
Health

Food and hospitality in Vietnam, with a side of porcupine

By Joanne Silberner In a small no-frills eatery in Hanoi, Vietnam, this week, President Obama made international headlines when...

May 27, 2016
Environment

Returning to Fukushima, five years after nuclear disaster

FUKUSHIMA — I arrive here to the smiling face of Hidekatsu Ouichi, the main character of our film...

Apr 20, 2016
Asia

On the Ground: Fukushima Diary

Editor's Note: Eighty-one-year-old Saichi Ouchi is one of only eight people in human history to be twice exposed...

Apr 05, 2016
Environment

Meet the guy who builds drones to preserve forests… and learn how to make your own!

When Irendra Radjawali was a researcher studying coral reefs in Indonesia, he attached a point-and-shoot camera to a...

Dec 21, 2015
« Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 … 10 Next »
The GroundTruth Project

© 2026 The GroundTruth Project

Website by Web Publisher PRO