NEW YORK — The polls are open on a fateful and historic midterm election that has already inspired record...
Nov 06, 2018
From Jerusalem to Appalachia: Tracking America’s ‘Unholy Divide’
WILLIAMSON, West Virginia — This week, it was hard not to feel like things were coming apart in...
Oct 05, 2018
Pushing back against an attack on our democracy
This column originally appeared in GroundTruth’s newsletter. You can subscribe here. BOSTON — When Donald Trump started his populist war...
Aug 17, 2018
Anime fans and anti-fascists gear up for hate rally in D.C.
WASHINGTON — Kimberly Merani first started volunteering at Otakon, one of the country’s largest anime conventions, in 2011...
Aug 10, 2018
Cuba’s ‘rainbow revolution’ changes attitudes toward LGBT community
HAVANA – On a hot and humid day in downtown Havana, the streets are filled with rainbows. One...
Jul 31, 2018
In Cuba, Santería flourishes two decades after ban was lifted
HAVANA — A young woman in a blue shirt is thigh-deep in the Straits of Florida, carrying a...
Jul 31, 2018
The fight for better pay in D.C.
WASHINGTON –– Venorica Tucker has worked in the service industry since she was around 12 years old, when...
Jul 13, 2018
How radio and TV dramas are helping to combat child marriage
By Lucy Lyons and Kristina Hare Lyons KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Child marriage affects 12 million girls worldwide...
Jun 29, 2018
Egyptian citizens, journalists face worsening restrictions on expression under Sisi regime
In 2011, when Egypt was pulsating with post-revolution possibility, I received a grant from the Pulitzer Center to...
May 03, 2018
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
