Karoshi: A Deep Look Into Japan’s Unforgiving Working Culture
Dec 8, 2023 · On December 25, 2015, 24-year-old Matsuri Takahashi died by suicide, jumping from her company dormitory. Takahashi was an employee of Japan’s largest advertising agency, Dentsu Inc., notorious for its rigorous working environment.
Applications Open: Fall 2024 Teacher Fellowship ... - Pulitzer Center
Aug 14, 2024 · Applications Open: Fall 2024 Teacher Fellowship, "Making Connections to Global Health Stories". From climate change to social justice, Pulitzer Center journalism cuts to the core of the world’s biggest challenges by exploring key issues that connect us all. Over the past four years, the over 100 educators who have participated in our Teacher Fellowship program have extended the impact of ...
What You Should Know About Book Bans: Frequently Asked …
Sep 25, 2023 · What You Should Know About Book Bans: Frequently Asked Questions. During the first six months of the 2022-2023 academic year, states across the country banned a total of 1,477 books. The continuous implementation of book bans nationwide leave many Americans wondering how their schools, libraries, and children will be affected. The following frequently asked questions, answers, and resources ...
In Fight for Equal Rights, Queer Filipinos Build Communities on …
Feb 13, 2023 · In Fight for Equal Rights, Queer Filipinos Build Communities on Social Media. In the Philippines, where the majority are Catholic, those who are queer won’t always find support from their immediate communities. They end up creating their …
How Europeans Brought Sickness to the New World
Jun 12, 2015 · How Europeans Brought Sickness to the New World. In the Americas, the arrival of Europeans brought disease, war, and slavery to many indigenous peoples. Can some of the world's last isolated groups avoid those fates as they make contact in the 21st...
'Children Are Different:' Sentencing Juveniles as Adults
Aug 30, 2019 · Recent legislative reforms and judicial decisions may signal that states are beginning to scale back on “tough on crime” policies by changing how courts treat juveniles in the criminal justice system. Tough on crime policies enacted in the 1980s and 1990s increased the number of juveniles charged as adults—viewing them not as children or delinquents but as fully formed criminals. But ...
2024 Year in Photos
In the remote Western Brooks Range in Alaska, the visible impact of climate change is striking. Permafrost, the layer of soil that remains frozen throughout the year, is thawing at an unprecedented rate and exposing the pyrite-rich bedrock to water and oxygen.
A World Without Men - Pulitzer Center
A World Without Men. The Women of South Korea’s 4B Movement Aren’t Fighting the Patriarchy — They’re Leaving it Behind Entirely Youngmi’s childhood was a difficult one. The 25-year-old nurse was born to a poor family in...
Morocco’s War Against the Sahrawi | Pulitzer Center
Apr 22, 2024 · LAAYOUNE, Western Sahara — One day in November 2020, Sultana Khaya was driving to her home in the town of Boujdour when she was detained at a Moroccan military checkpoint.It seemed as if the officers were waiting for her. They dragged her to a police station where she claims officers sexually assaulted her, then placed her under house arrest along with her sister, Luara, and their elderly ...
Lesson Plan Competition for Teachers in the Congo Basin
Oct 23, 2024 · Lire cette page en français Background The establishment of the Congo Basin Teachers' Network in 2022 enabled us to reach thousands of students with articles from the Pulitzer Center. Trained teachers have prepared and delivered lessons based partly or entirely on these articles. Others brought together several students from different classes in mini workshops to discuss the facts reported in ...