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Small Dreams: Mental Illness and Primary Care
Modesto Bee/CHCF Center for Health ReportingMatt Freitas, nurse practitioner, treats people with mental illness, including his daughter, who has schizophrenia. The number of patients seeking treatment for mental illness has tripled over the past three years, Freitas says. Photography, audio and production by Lauren M. Whaley, CHCF Center for Health Reporting. More…
Bright Brass: The Congolese Street Brass Band
The GuardianHow a group of street children formed a brass band in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. More…
The Swan Project
St. Petersburg TimesFor teenagers at a school for troubled girls, etiquette classes open another world. A job at the mall. A first dress and high heels. The courage to look in the mirror. The girls had grown up poor, lost their parents to drugs and jail and God knows what. They emerged from childhood uncouth and unrefined. Most had never eaten at a nice restaurant, set a table or put on makeup. Not one of them had ever walked in heels. More…
Powering a Nation: An Inuit Village Loses Its Land
News21: North CarolinaNews21 reporter Anna York traveled to Newtok, Alaska, to see how the rising sea threatens an American culture. Accompanied by photographer Phil Daquila, her story explores villagers losing their way of life -- and their land. The project received an NPPA monthly award and has been featured on 32 Gannett Web sites, on their climate change special reports. This project is supported by the Carnegie Corp. and Knight Foundation. More…
The Gangs of Rio
The New YorkerJon Lee Anderson writes about gangs in the favelas, or shantytowns, of Rio de Janeiro. In this audio slide show, Anderson discusses how the gangs operate and what local police have done to curb the illegal drug trade. More…
Behind the Veil: An Intimate Journey Into the Lives of Kandahar's Women
The Globe and MailAs the debate about Afghanistan persists, one set of voices is rarely heard: that of Afghan women. In its multifaceted project, "Behind The Veil", the Toronto Globe and Mail offers an unprecedented, honest look at life behind the veil for women from all walks of life in Kandahar, one of Afghanistan's most dangerous cities. On Saturday, September 19th, the Globe and Mail began to publish a six-part series of multimedia presentations online, in-paper features, web photo galleries, live online discussions and more. More…
Revisiting the South Bronx, 35 Millimeters at a Time
The New York TimesThirty years ago, a Bronx native returned home and photographed the ruins of his borough. As he revisits his pictures, he sees much more than the notorious rubble. More…
Scenes From a Raid
The New York TimesU.S. soldiers and Afghan security forces conducted a raid on homes in eastern Afghanistan. More…
An Ancient Society Faces New Change in Brazil
The New York TimesAs climate change reaches deep in the Amazon, the Kamayura indians struggle to adjust. More…
Waiting Topless
The Sunday BestWhen the Grand View Topless Coffee shop in Vassalboro opened in February 2009, Lisa Beaudreau and Star Cunningham both found jobs there. "Yes, I am a topless waitress, but I'm just a regular normal person in society," Cunningham says. "I honestly don't think in this economy right that there is a job out there that would pay roughly the same." In June, the shop burned down in a suspected arson and reopened in tent‎. More…
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