U.S. Detention, Civil War in South Sudan

Across the border, behind bars View this email in your browser A round-up of reporting from our grantees, upcoming events, and news from the Pulitzer Center The Nation The Women and Children We Incarcerate Emily Gogolak What became a growing embarrassment during the Obama Administration is likely to get worse under President Trump. Thousands of Central American women and children fleeing gang violence in their homelands seek asylum in the U.S., but their mass incarceration in private prisons here exposes the gross inadequacy of our immigration policies. As grantee Emily Gogolak writes in this deeply reported investigation for The Nation, "Trump has not spoken publicly about family immigration detention, but his praise of private prisons and his virulent rhetoric about immigrant families, walls, and mass deportations has stoked fear for immigrants, asylum-seekers, and advocates on both sides of the border." Read Story The Washington Post The High Cost of Cheap Clothes Esha Chhabra Grantee Esha Chhabra writes about how bargain prices on clothing in this country translate into miserable wages, hazardous working conditions and environmental pollution further down the supply chain—and points to some encouraging fixes.  Read Story Foreign Policy A Genocide in Waiting Cassandra Vinograd South Sudan's escalating bloodshed has played out largely along ethnic lines, pitting Dinka against Nuer. An internationally mediated truce fell apart last year, and as grantee Cassandra Vinograd reports, the UN now warns of an impending genocide. Read Story EVENTS Erik Vance and 'Suggestible You' at Bookshop Santa Cruz Monday, January 9, 2017 What Will It Take to End AIDS? Thursday, January 12, 2017 MORE FROM PULITZER CENTER The John Batchelor Show Italy: Migration Is a Gangland Business Plan Malia Politzer and Emily Kassie Yale Environment 360 The Coffee Beans of Kilimanjaro Dan Grossman The Electronic Intifada The Cruel Experiments of Israel's Arms Industry Matt Kennard Mother Jones This American Fought ISIS. Now He's Trying to Get Washington to Untangle Its Syria Policy Wes Enzinna Inter Press Service Bringing South Africa's Small-Scale Miners Out of the Shadows Mark Olalde Walking With Intention: Pulitzer Center and Scouts Team up with Out of Eden Walk Paul Salopek Emily Gogolak on Violence Against Women in Honduras Emily Gogolak Daniella Zalcman on Forced Assimilation Education for Indigenous Youth Daniella Zalcman DONATE The Pulitzer Center promotes in-depth engagement with global affairs through its support for quality international journalism across all media platforms and an innovative program of outreach and education. You are receiving this email because you either opted in at our website or signed up at a Pulitzer Center event. Our mailing address is: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW Suite 615 Washington, District Of Columbia 20036 Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list