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March 2018

Christian worshippers from around the world along the Via Dolorosa as they walk towards the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Good Friday, March 30, 2018, in Jerusalem's Old City. Christians believe it to be the site of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. (Heidi Levine/The GroundTruth Project)
Faith

As faithful celebrate Easter, Passover in Jerusalem, the city braces for the US embassy’s relocation

JERUSALEM – A cold, persistent rain fell on the ancient Roman paving stones of the Old City here,...

Mar 30, 2018
GroundTruth reporting fellow Rachel Cramer interviews Zack Porter in Montana. (Photo by Ben Brody)
War and Peace

Why are librarians and soldiers more trusted than reporters?

Why do Americans trust libraries and the military but not the media? At the recent Knight Media Forum,...

Mar 27, 2018
Announcements

GroundTruth receives award from Voices Against Injustice

In 1692, in the colonial outpost of Salem, Massachusetts, amidst local tensions and religious fervor, 20 people were...

Mar 26, 2018
A supporter of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi campaigns for the president in Tahrir Square ahead of the election today. (Roger Anis/GroundTruth)
War and Peace

Egypt’s revolutionaries grieve ahead of Sisi re-election

You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution. It’s in...

Mar 26, 2018
Supporters of Black Lives Matter join an estimated 500,000 marchers at the March For Our Lives rally in Washington, D.C. on March 24, 2018. (Photo by Kevin Grant)
Democracy

With March for Our Lives, an inclusive youth movement is born

WASHINGTON — DeVontae Gliss shivered in the morning cold as he held a sign honoring his late mother,...

Mar 24, 2018
A dueling campaign to influence science teachers' approach to teaching climate change highlights how classrooms have emerged as a battleground in the American political war over climate change. (Pixabay)
Environment

Mailings to teachers spotlight a political fight over climate change in the classroom

Last spring, science teachers across the nation began receiving unsolicited packages containing classroom materials from a libertarian group...

Mar 23, 2018
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Elizabeth Butler was one of the few women bomb techs on the Explosive Ordnance Division of the Air Force. She demonstrates a Packbot, a robot that helped her and her team disable IEDs, at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan on Dec. 29, 2009. (Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Butler)
Americas

Meet an Air Force bomb tech and the robots who helped her disarm IEDs

Most nights when she was deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, before she fell asleep, Master Sergeant Elizabeth Butler...

Mar 23, 2018
On Feb. 21, 2018, anti-LGBT protesters stand in front of the Gangneung station, a port to several Olympic venues such as ice hockey and figure skating. (Jisoo Hong/The GroundTruth Project)
Faith

South Korea’s conservative Christians are at odds with a growing LGBT movement

SEOUL — Amid the unity flags flapping in the wind and other messages of peace at the 2018...

Mar 22, 2018
A scene from the red light district in Angeles City, Philippines. In their work on human trafficking victims and survivors, our climate fellows worked through NGOs to meet some of their sources. (Hannah Reyes Morales/The GroundTruth Project)
Navigator

Finding sources who ‘live in the shadows’

One important service of journalism is giving voice to the most vulnerable people in society. Phillip Martin, an...

Mar 21, 2018
Marielle Franco, one of a handful of black women in Brazilian politics, was shot and killed in what police are calling an assassination. (Leonardo Coehlo/The GroundTruth Project)
Democracy

Remembering Marielle Franco, a black Brazilian trailblazer

Almost two years ago, GroundTruth fellow Catherine Osborn and I stood in the middle of Rio de Janeiro’s...

Mar 15, 2018
A South Korean soldier walks through a political march near Seoul Station featuring thousands of Korean and American flags on Saturday, March 10, 2018. (Kevin Grant/GroundTruth)
Democracy

In Seoul, planned Trump-Kim summit is met with mix of hope and skepticism

SEOUL — It’s just 35 miles from the over-caffeinated, overworked metropolis of Seoul to the tense and eerie demilitarized...

Mar 12, 2018
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