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Yolaida Martinez, a 29-year-old mother living with her two children in a Boston shelter, volunteers as the administrator of her church every Sunday. (Photo by Kelly Kasulis/GroundTruth)

Health

For Boston’s working homeless, a job is not enough

Yolaida Martinez counted on her hands as she sat at the kitchen table, each swollen finger representing...

Nov 11, 2016

Women burn trash on the roadside in Dadaab refugee camp. In 2011, a severe drought pushed tens of thousands of Somalis from their homes, swelling the camp's population. Host to more than a third of a million people, Dadaab is the world's largest refugee camp, but it's now in danger of being shut down. (Nichole Sobecki/GroundTruth)

Season 3 - Living Proof |Episode 1

Somalia’s climate for conflict

The human consequences of climate change are the focus of this new season of GroundTruth. Reporting fellows...

Nov 11, 2016

Audio

WGBH News and The GroundTruth Project launch season two of its award-winning podcast

Second season of “GroundTruth” podcast will explore the human impacts of climate change around the world (BOSTON, Mass.)...

Nov 10, 2016

Farmer Hafizallah with his two daughters, Maryam, 23, and Goldasta, 24, in Afghanistan's Hindu Kush mountain valley. The father's income, made from harvesting grapes and selling raisins, has dropped by 85 percent in recent years because of a drought exacerbated by climate change. (Photo via GroundTruth Films)

Rights

Girls’ Education in Afghanistan

Girls’ Education in Afghanistan: A 'Magic Bullet' For Solving Climate Issues Farmer Hafizallah with his two daughters, Maryam,...

Nov 10, 2016

Dahiana Santana shows a sonogram of the baby she's carrying. She worries she might have contracted Zika during her pregnancy, but she never received her test results. (GroundTruth Films)

Americas

Zika Virus in the Americas

Zika Virus in the Americas: Introduction GroundTruth Films In recent years, new infectious diseases have cropped up around...

Nov 10, 2016

A woman's shoes are seen in a day bar in Angeles City, notorious for its red light district and sex tourism. In the wake of typhoons, women and girls from climate change vulnerable areas, particularly Samar and Leyte, wind up in the sex trade after being displaced from storms. (Photo by Hannah Reyes Morales/GroundTruth)

Asia

Sex Trafficking in the Philippines

Sex Trafficking in the Philippines: Introduction A scene from Fields Avenue, the red light district in Angeles City,...

Nov 10, 2016

Short Films

Somalia’s Climate for Conflict

Somalia’s Climate for Conflict: Introduction (Photo by Nichole Sobecki/GroundTruth) Climate change is increasingly fueling conflict in Somalia, and...

Nov 10, 2016

The view from East Boston as the sun rises over the Boston skyline on June 7, 2016. (Photo by Lauren Owens/GroundTruth)

Environment

Cities Underwater

Cities Underwater: Introduction New construction reflected in the windows of a building in Boston's Seaport District. (Photo by...

Nov 10, 2016

Arctic

Anguish in the Arctic

Anguish in the Arctic: Introduction (Photo by Camilla Andersen/GroundTruth) Nowhere are the effects of climate change more palpable...

Nov 10, 2016

A protestor stood in front of the Eiffel Tower during COP21 in Paris, where 195 countries made climate history, adopting an ambitious and unprecedented international plan to limit global warming to below 2 degrees. (Carlos Felipe Pardo/Flickr)

Environment

Could Trump derail the Paris Agreement?

MARRAKECH, Morocco – Just one week after the global pact on climate change came into effect, the U.S....

Nov 09, 2016

Fellowships

Journalism must find its role in a climate of Trump

Editor's Note: This is a message from GroundTruth founder and executive director Charles Sennott to reporters and editors...

Nov 09, 2016

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