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CHOOSE YOUR STORY Human Rights includes stories about racial justice, gender equality, migration and refugees, labor rights, LGBTQ+ rights, and more. Explore the stories below to find one that moves you. Then, use this worksheet to support you with writing your Fighting Words poem. CONTEST

Congratulations, Reporting Fellows! Now that you have received a reporting fellowship, take a look at the videos below. Lots of tips here on what to do next! Stay Connected Join our Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellows and Alums Facebook group. Connect with reporting fellow alums from all 35 of our

Each year, the Pulitzer Center's annual conference spotlights some of our best journalism projects in leading news outlets to explore a theme that illuminates the most pressing issues of our time. With our in-depth, prize-winning journalism as the focus, we bring together diverse perspectives on

The Colors of Homelessness in Chicago By Reema Dhawan and Diego MadrizStudents in the 2018 Genesis Academy Summer Institute in Chicago The Windy City holds winds of diversity. In that diversity, there is discrimination. From one street to the next, there is rich, poor, colored, old, young, man, and

Life on the Streets of Chicago By Rodin SamnangStudent in the 2018 Genesis Academy Summer Institute in ChicagoMya Zamora contributed reporting to this story Terry Roberts (57), a tall, well-built black man, sat on a wheel chair with his candy box beside him outside the Fourth Presbyterian Church. It

The "X" Word Rules the Internet By Nayab Ali and Andrea Pérez FernándezStudents in the 2018 Genesis Academy Summer Institute in Chicago In the year 2016, "xenophobia," discrimination against foreigners, was declared the "word of the year" by Dictionary.com (the most-searched word that year). The

This letter features reporting from "Reporter's Diary: Heal Somalia's Former Child Soldiers, Heal a Nation" by Hassan Ghedi Santur Dear Zoe Lofgren, In early February 2009, the Somali Civil War began due to clan conflicts. This war continues to press on into the present. Recently, I have come across

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

This letter features reporting from "How Saudi Arabia's Reforms Mask Political Oppression" by Sarah Aziza Dear Danny Davis, Last week, news broke that Saudi journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in the Saudi consulate, a crime for which evidence has increasingly

This letter features reporting from "No Man's Land" by Xyza Cruz Bacani Dear Senator Sherrod Brown, It is impossible to ignore the devastating effects that humans have on the Earth, so we must stand together to protect this once-beautiful planet and its inhabitants. I believe that change should

This letter features reporting from "For Uganda's LGBTQ+ Community, Visibility Brings Violence" by Jake Naughton Chuck Schumer, Discrimination and bigotry are so ingrained in our society that everyone turns a blind eye to them, claiming that other people's opinions are to be respected. We have