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July 2016

View from Frederick's Church, a renown landmark in Copenhagen, Denmark. (Photo by Stig Nygaard/Flickr User)
Environment

Why Scandinavian countries are known for sustainability

We couldn’t find a recycling bin. The kitchen I shared with flatmates during my four months living in...

Jul 29, 2016
A 33,000 square foot solar field generates electricity on Ærø, an island off of Denmark's southern coast that is nearly carbon neutral. The solar field is one of the largest of its kind in the world. (Photo by Charlotte Weiner/GroundTruth)
Environment

An island powered by one of the world’s largest solar fields

ÆRØ, Denmark – On a small island off of the country’s southern coast, sheep take shelter under a...

Jul 29, 2016
Environment

How the Norwegian government started an electric car boom

OSLO, Norway – In this capital city, Teslas line the streets. They glide in a silent, steady stream...

Jul 29, 2016
A woman cycles into central Copenhagen. This year, the city ranked first in an index of the world's most bike-friendly cities. (Photo by Charlotte Weiner/GroundTruth)
Environment

In Copenhagen, cycling to work is ‘just the obvious thing to do’

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – If it were up to Niels Hoé, his job would eventually become obsolete. In a...

Jul 29, 2016
Abdelfattah spoke with a Bernie Sanders supporter outside of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia (Photo by Jenny Montasir/GroundTruth)
Democracy

Outside the DNC, anger and disappointment after a failed ‘revolution’

PHILADELPHIA — As we arrived to the Wells Fargo Center, where Hillary Clinton officially accepted her party’s nomination...

Jul 29, 2016
GroundTruth Fellow Mohammed Abdelfattah interviews an attendee of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Jenny Montasir/GroundTruth)
Fellowships

Meet five of the 15,000 journalists covering the conventions

Among an estimated 15,000 journalists covering the Republican and Democratic National Conventions this month, GroundTruth reporting fellows –...

Jul 28, 2016
Many neighborhoods along Jakarta's rivers are being bulldozed to make way for river widening and "revitalization" projects. (Photo by Muhammad Fadli/GroundTruth)
Environment

Navigating Jakarta as it tries to stay above water

JAKARTA, Indonesia — One of the first things I’m learning as a foreigner visiting this city for the...

Jul 28, 2016
An artisanal miner in Koidu shows off diamonds. He hopes to sell them to one of the town's many dealers.
Rights

Uncovering Africa’s offshore empires

What do you know about Africa and the Panama Papers? Take this interactive quiz by ICIJ in partnership with...

Jul 25, 2016
Kumba James, left, and her daughter, Kumba Johnbull, were moved to the resettlement site in 2013 because of diamond mining. The locals locals call the resettlement Benghazi. They say that they are frustrated by limited access to water during the dry season, when the resettlement site’s wells dry up. (Photo by Cooper Inveen/ICIJ)
Rights

An offshore company blasts its way through Sierra Leone

By Cooper Inveen, Silas Gbandia, Khadija Sharife, Will Fitzgibbon and Michael Hudson KOIDU, Sierra Leone – Once or twice...

Jul 25, 2016
Mohamed Abdelfattah interviews Jack, a Trump supporter who rode from North Dakota to Cleveland for the RNC. (Photo by Jenny Montasir/GroundTruth)
Democracy

After covering Tahrir Square, an Egyptian’s view of the RNC

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Jenny and I arrived in Cleveland on Wednesday with our camera and microphone, and headed downtown...

Jul 22, 2016
Sia Momoh's father, an artisanal miner named Aiah Momoh, was shot and killed by police in 2007 while protesting mining activity. Sia, now 15 years old, lives with her aunts and grandmother and spends her days selling produce and butterscotch around town.
A New Light

In Sierra Leone, the search for diamonds overpowers a city

By Cooper Inveen In eastern Sierra Leone, gravel caused by mine blasts can be seen surrounding Koidu, a...

Jul 22, 2016
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