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One year after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the scars of war are staggering — entire neighborhoods destroyed and hundreds of thousands of homes burned out. With the support of the Pulitzer Center, Nick Schifrin and videographer Eric O’Connor report on the challenges of reconstructing a country, and tackling historic corruption, as it still fights a war.
THERE was huge excitement in Carlow College when they introduced their first-ever mixed hurling team within the students’ union. For a long time…
Pulitzer Center Hosts Conversation on Ukraine with PBS NewsHour. How do we understand the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine beyond the daily headlines? What are the far-reaching consequences for liberal democracies around the world? How do we assess this humanitarian crisis against others happening at the same time? On Wednesday March 23, 2022, Pulitzer Center Executive Director Jon Sawyer was joined by PBS NewsHour special correspondent and grantee Nick Schifrin for a conversation on the conflict in Ukraine, following Schifrin's return from reporting in Mariupol. The PBS NewsH...
Afghan Women Demand the Right to go to School and Work. Afghanistan’s women saw two decades of progress vanish when U.S. forces withdrew in August as the Taliban took back control of the country. The group’s arch-conservative interpretation of Islam pushed...
Despite brutal repression, Afghan women demand the right to go to school and work