July 2017 | The GroundTruth Project

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

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