June 2017 | The GroundTruth Project

Kubra Golge (pictured) says her husband, Serkan, has been held on bogus charges by the Turkish government. (Lauren Bohn/GroundTruth)

Rights

A NASA scientist’s detention reveals Turkey’s paranoia

Last year on the eve of Ramadan, Islam’s holy month, Kubra Golge was tending to her garden in...

Jun 30, 2017

Naloxone rescue kits sit on the table at a drug clinic. (Photo by Edwin Torres/GroundTruth)

Health

Gripped by opioids, American addicts must be patients first

NEW YORK — The opioid crisis is now the worst drug epidemic in American history and it’s expected...

Jun 30, 2017

Treat political reporting as storytelling. That's advice from Ben Schreckinger, a reporter for POLITICO. Before reporting about politics in Washington, D.C., Ben was a GroundTruth Fellow reporting from Burma. (Kevin Harber/Flickr)

Navigator

How to get into political journalism and do it really well

This article originally appeared on Navigator, GroundTruth’s newsletter for early-career journalists. You can subscribe to Navigator here. Covering...

Jun 27, 2017

April 19, 2017 Caracas, Venezuela (Photo by Joris van Gennip/GroundTruth)

A New Light

Venezuela torn apart

As told to Rachel Grozanick April 19, 2017 Caracas, Venezuela (Photo by Joris van Gennip/GroundTruth) April 19, 2017...

Jun 26, 2017

This group of Cuban-Americans in Miami, who support President Donald Trump's decision to restrict business and travel between the U.S. and Cuba, duel with a group of Cuban-Americans who oppose the move. (Amaury Sablon/GroundTruth)

Democracy

Cuban-Americans divided by new travel and business restrictions on the island

MIAMI — When President Obama visited Little Havana in 2014, hundreds of anti-Castro Cubans turned out to show...

Jun 20, 2017

Rob Stenson, left, and Jessica Lambert show their support for the Paris Agreement outside the Massachusetts State House. Massachusetts has joined a coalition of states, known as the U.S. Climate Alliance, that have pledged to maintain the climate goals of the Paris Agreement. Additionally, the Massachusetts legislature is considering adopting a bill to make the climate goals a state law. (Photo by Ellen Kanzinger/GroundTruth)

Environment

States vow to uphold climate goals despite Paris exit

Holding signs that read “There is no Planet B” and “Make Humanity Great,” citizens and lawmakers gathered on...

Jun 20, 2017

As friends their age left to pursue opportunities abroad, Ljudmila Mihajlović and Maja Žirovčić turned their hobby into a business. (Photo by Karolina Chorvath/GroundTruth)

Democracy

Young Croatian entrepreneurs see niche in creative startups as national economy struggles

ZAGREB, Croatia — The floor was cluttered with colorful ribbons and swatches of fabric shoes that became canvases...

Jun 19, 2017

The US Marine Band plays the national anthem at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Marine Band)

Democracy

Why the Congressional baseball shooting is, sadly, so American

WASHINGTON — The early-morning barrage of rifle fire on a Virginia baseball field not far from the capital...

Jun 15, 2017

GroundTruth fellows Nichole Sobecki (left) and Laura Heaton (right) stand between two cannons on their reporting trip to Somalia, where they documented links between drought and violent conflict.

Navigator

Reporting in a high-risk place? Here’s how you can prepare.

This article originally appeared on Navigator, GroundTruth’s newsletter for early-career journalists. You can subscribe to Navigator here. Editor's...

Jun 12, 2017