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July 2017

Protesters at the White House on July 26, 2017, protest Donald Trump's announcement on Twitter, that transgender military servicemembers will no longer be allowed to serve. (Ted Eytan/Flickr Creative Commons)
Rights

Trump’s transgender military ban defies decades of progress on LGBT equality

WASHINGTON—For the vast majority of American history, a powerful consensus held that gay people should not serve in...

Jul 28, 2017
Podcast

Making Music in the Syrian Diaspora

Listen to the podcast below or on iTunes, Stitcher, SoundCloud and other podcasting apps. When Syrian musician Ahmad Naffory’s mother opened the door...

Jul 26, 2017
Navigator

Tips for digital security

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

Jul 25, 2017
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Fellowships

Call for Applications: GroundTruth is hiring a digital intern for fall 2017

Update: We are no longer taking applications for this position. Please keep checking back for upcoming internship and...

Jul 18, 2017
Edwin, Chavi, and Steven practice baseball in front of Yankee Stadium, March 26, 2017, Bronx, New York. The friends meet once a week to practice at the fields together. (Photo by Sarah Blesener/GroundTruth/Alexia Foundation)
Photography

Bonding and belonging in the Bronx’s 40th Precinct

This collection of photos follows a group of 14-year-old boys, focusing on adolescence and coming of age in...

Jul 18, 2017
The responses to revelations that Donald Trump Jr. met with Russians claiming to have damaging information about Hillary Clinton have been vastly divergent depending on a person's media diet. (Gage Skidmore/Flickr)
Democracy

The bubbles didn’t break: Trumpland’s split screen

WASHINGTON — In one American reality, Donald Trump, Jr.’s emails are a smoking gun served on a silver platter,...

Jul 17, 2017
Announcements

GroundTruth and WGBH select five reporting fellows for cross-country road trip

BOSTON — The GroundTruth Project, in collaboration with Boston public media producer WGBH, today announced the five early-career...

Jul 14, 2017
Middle East

What has life under ISIS rule been like for women?

On Monday, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared the defeat of ISIS in Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city...

Jul 13, 2017
Marines with Company B, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 3, run for cover during a fire fight in Nawa District, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Oct. 2, 2009. Dave Philipps covers veterans issues, and found out about suicidal veterans who had served in Afghanistan through a social media group they used. (Lance Cpl. John McCall via ISAF Public Affairs/Flickr Creative Commons)
Navigator

Pulitzer Prize winner Dave Philipps on using social media to find untold stories

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

Jul 11, 2017
Asia

Timeline: A brief history of why Korea is still divided

SEOUL, South Korea — On July 4th, North Korea shot a missile that may finally be capable of...

Jul 10, 2017
In a matter of decades, Seoul, South Korea was able to transform its economy. (Photo by Rene Adamos/Flickr Creative Commons)
Democracy

How South Korea became a G20 power

President Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in met again Thursday evening at the G20 Summit in Hamburg,...

Jul 08, 2017
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