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Democracy

Rev. Sungsuk Kang is a third-generation Methodist pastor and an advocate for legalizing medical marijuana. His sign reads, "Marijuana is a matter of life and death." (Tom Carroll/GroundTruth)
Democracy

An unlikely advocate for medical marijuana legalization

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
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
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
A South Korean soldier walks through a political march near Seoul Station featuring thousands of Korean and American flags on Saturday, March 10, 2018. (Kevin Grant/GroundTruth)
Democracy

In Seoul, planned Trump-Kim summit is met with mix of hope and skepticism

SEOUL — It’s just 35 miles from the over-caffeinated, overworked metropolis of Seoul to the tense and eerie demilitarized...

Mar 12, 2018
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara, Turkey, on February 16, 2018. (U.S. State Department)
Democracy

Tillerson’s Turkey trip and America’s waning influence

When United States diplomats travel to foreign countries and meet with high-level officials, it’s standard practice — and...

Feb 25, 2018
Kubra Golge (pictured) says her husband, Serkan, has been held on bogus charges by the Turkish government. (Lauren Bohn/GroundTruth)
Democracy

US Secretary of State visits Turkey amid rising tensions between the two countries

ISTANBUL, Turkey - When U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrives here today, it will mark a particularly...

Feb 15, 2018
A nonoperative coal wash sits tucked away in the mountainside in Justiceville, Ky., on Friday, September 29, 2017. (Photo by Brittany Greeson/GroundTruth)
Democracy

Tech careers in Kentucky

Tech careers in Kentucky: A future emerges after coal A nonoperative coal wash sits tucked away in the...

Dec 12, 2017
A wave of anti-corruption protests in Moscow this year, mostly fueled by young people, has the Kremlin and opposition leaders trying to appeal to an unclaimed voting bloc. (Julian Buijzen/Flickr Creative Commons)
Democracy

The Kremlin and opposition leaders are vying for Russia’s youth vote

MOSCOW — This year, four waves of protest — in March, June, October and November — brought thousands of Russians...

Dec 06, 2017
JC strips the "Crossing the Divide" wrap off the van. (Screenshot)
Announcements

Giving thanks at the end of the road

SAN FRANCISCO — It was the end of the road. After 72 days of reporting, 4,296 miles of highway...

Nov 22, 2017
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Democracy

Democracy is an inside job

If you take the medicine prescribed by your doctor and your condition only worsens, you know you need...

Nov 01, 2017
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