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The 1619 Project Curriculum - Pulitzer Center
Sep 29, 2021 · The 1619 Project Curriculum in Lesson Plan Grouping - The 1619 Project, inaugurated with a special issue of The New York Times Magazine, challenges us to reframe U.S. history by marking the year when the first enslaved Africans arrived on Virginia soil as our nation's foundational date. Here you will find reading guides, activities, and other resources to bring …
Local Letters for Global Change: Pulitzer Center Writing Contest
Jul 31, 2024 · SECTIONS Contest GuidelinesResources for Teachers and StudentsSuggested Stories The 2024 Local Letters for Global Change contest is open! K-12 students: Make your voice heard this fall by writing a letter to a local elected representative that explains the global issue you want them to prioritize, shows how it connects to your local community, and …
Mpumalanga: A Province in Flux - Pulitzer Center
Oct 10, 2024 · Image courtesy of The Outlier. South Africa. For decades, Mpumalanga has been the heartbeat of South Africa’s economy. The coal-rich province is dotted with mines and large-scale thermal power plants, which collectively employ tens of thousands of local residents.
Why do so many Greenlanders kill themselves? | Pulitzer Center
Oct 9, 2009 · Why do so many Greenlanders kill themselves?. NUUK, Greenland—The posters are plastered on school walls and at bus stops across Greenland's capital city. The message, aimed at teenagers, is a direct plea to use a special hot line: "The call is...
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Major Findings of Investigation Into Alleged Sex Abuse at Boys …
Nov 8, 2023 · OMAHA, Neb. — Shaelyn Nielsen remembers being required to take tests about Boys Town's rich history and its founder, Father Edward J. Flanagan, before she and other teens were allowed to work at its welcome center on Omaha's west side. The former Michigan truant, now 25, remembers being handpicked to attend Boys Town's annual Blue Water Bash …
Morocco’s War Against the Sahrawi | Pulitzer Center
Apr 22, 2024 · LAAYOUNE, Western Sahara — One day in November 2020, Sultana Khaya was driving to her home in the town of Boujdour when she was detained at a Moroccan military checkpoint.It seemed as if the officers were waiting for her. They dragged her to a police station where she claims officers sexually assaulted her, then placed her under house arrest along …
'Children Are Different:' Sentencing Juveniles as Adults
Aug 30, 2019 · Recent legislative reforms and judicial decisions may signal that states are beginning to scale back on “tough on crime” policies by changing how courts treat juveniles in the criminal justice system. Tough on crime policies enacted in the 1980s and 1990s increased the number of juveniles charged as adults—viewing them not as children or delinquents but as …
‘It’s Where Life Happens’: Migration and Settlement in Mongolia’s ...
Nov 15, 2023 · Ulaanbaatar’s population has approximately doubled in the past two decades from around 800,000 in 2003 to over 1.5 million as of 2022. Many of the city’s new residents have settled in areas in the metro area’s periphery, where they set up traditional housing settlements of gers—portable circular houses made of felt—commonly referred to by their Turkic term as “yurts.”
As Private Prisons Push To Keep Costs Down, Workers Can Pay The …
Mar 10, 2020 · Dr. Karen Gedney, who worked as a public prison physician for 30 years and wrote a book about her experience, said that while officers tend to make less in the private sector, prisons overall still offer people with just a high school …