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This letter features reporting from "The New Battle for London's Air" by Rohan Naik Dear Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, My name is Palak Srivastava. I live in Brooklyn and I am a sophomore at Stuyvesant High School. I am writing to you today to share my concern about one of the most critical issues facing us at

This letter features reporting from "The Survivors of the Rohingya Genocide" by Jason Motlagh, Mark Oltmann, and Patrick Brown Dear Adam Kinzinger, Can you imagine watching innocent children being beheaded as they run from gun-wielding soldiers? Can you imagine watching your newborn child being

This letter features reporting from "'Our Wealth Is the Forest': Indigenous Tribes Are the Last Best Hope for the Amazon" by Sam Eaton Dear Representative Beyer, I am writing to you about an issue that is very important to me: the plight of Indigenous peoples protecting the Amazon Rainforest

This letter features reporting from "An Alaskan Village Is Falling into the Sea. Washington Is Looking the Other Way." by Amy Martin Dear Senator Stabenow, In Shishmaref, Alaska, a small barrier island off the coast of Alaska, 600 people, 150 homes, churches, schools, and children are living in

This letter features reporting from "Safe in School" by Jaime Joyce Dear Mr. Smith, Deep in my heart / I do believe / We shall overcome someday. This American civil rights anthem is sung by seven- to ten-year-olds in the Golap Learning Center, a school run by UNICEF for the children of 900,000

This letter features reporting from "The Weight of Numbers: Air Pollution and PM2.5" by Larry C. Price and Gayathri Vaidyanathan Dear Chiang Chi-Chen, I am writing this letter to express my concern about air pollution in Taichung. According to the Pulitzer Center story "The Weight of Numbers: Air

This letter features reporting from "Across the Border and Back: An Asylum Seeker's Journey" by Danny Gold Dear Luis Gutiérrez, As you may already know, many refugees face great challenges with the current Trump administration and with the Republican majority in place in the Senate and Judicial

This letter features reporting from "Israel's Only Refugee Mental Health Clinic Works in Shadow of Closure" by Isma'il Kushkush Dear Representative Beyer, I would like to bring to your attention a grave issue affecting African refugees seeking mental health assistance in Israel. Please understand

Overview: The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting is seeking a remote intern to support the Rainforest Journalism Fund (RJF) initiative, which is aimed at supporting strong, independent journalism on issues related to tropical rainforests. The intern will support the mission of the RJF by

Yo Soy Boriquén By Diego A. Cruz Piñero11th grade, Colegio San Antonio de Padua, Puerto Rico With lines from "Why Some Black Puerto Ricans Choose 'White' on the Census" by Natasha S. Alford, a Pulitzer Center reporting project As I drifted into waywardnessThe creeks of my imagination openedFound

Trafficked By Kylie Lynn Khalil8th grade, Twin Creeks Middle School, TX With lines from "Health Care Providers Are Missing Chances to Help Victims of Sex Trafficking" by Isabella Gomes, a Pulitzer Center reporting project 30,000 dollarsIs what they told me I was worth100 dollars at a timeEach

Home Sweet Home: An Oxymoron By Molly Blander6th grade, Village School, MA With lines from "Denied Asylum, Migrants Return to Place They Fear Most: Home" by Tim Sullivan, a Pulitzer Center reporting project "Swiftly denied"Request for asylum drifts out the window Like the smoke from a snuffed out

Porque Eres una Mujer By Janet Fernandez11th grade, Back of the Yards High School, IL With lines from "Violence Against Women in El Salvador Is Driving Them to Suicide — Or to the U.S. Border" by Almundena Toral and Patricia Clarembaux, a Pulitzer Center reporting project To all the Latina women who

Cracks By Nathaniel Bowman11th grade, Lawton High School, OK With lines from "Fantasy of Germany Now a Dark Reality for African Asylum Seekers" by Angelica Ekeke, a Pulitzer Center reporting project "The name ANKER"… Looking up, I count the cracks in the ceiling; My favorite pastime. My only pastime

Women as Water By Iris Yu10th grade, Solon High School, OH With lines from "'They're Fearless': The Women Battling to Free Myanmar From Meth" by Kyaw Ye Lynn and Clare Hammond, a Pulitzer Center reporting project In the background, the riflesare always firing. Grown on gunshotsand disputed soil, the

double sonnet for education By Emma Miao10th grade, West Point Grey Academy, Canada With lines from "Portraits of a Pandemic: This West Philly High School Teacher Struggles to Reconnect With Her Students" by Errin Haines, a Pulitzer Center reporting project We linger on screen. Light, precarious

Remnants of Raqqa By Rena Rooyi Su10th grade, Pacific Academy, Canada With lines from "America's Abandonment of Syria" by Luke Mogelson, a Pulitzer Center reporting project in Raqqaman sweeps debris from a warzoneafter a night under the starsto look for someplace with a roofsweeping away the sound

Peace, Pieces By Cindy Phan11th grade, Skyline High School, UT With lines from "Vietnam's Sad Hunt: 300,000 Missing Souls" by Joseph Babcock, a Pulitzer Center Reporting Project (I ask Vietnam, What do you want?) First, the land.The swamp smileand soft bite of it, the wetkiss of its mouth closed