James Edwards

James Edwards is a former social media producer at The World's Global Nation desk.

James Edwards is a former social media producer at The World's Global Nation desk. Previously, he was a reporter and producer with WGBH News, contributing to the station's coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings and manhunt. James was also a contributor to WGBH's award-winning radio series on the Boston area's changing Catholic Church. James began his career at the investigative magazine The Chicago Reporter and the television show Need to Know on PBS. He is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago and Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');

Anti-LGBTQ laws in US prompt travel warning from UK’s government

April 21, 2016Global Politics

The warning was issued just days before President Barack Obama’s visit to London.

How to keep immigrant and first-generation students ‘dropping in’ instead of dropping out

February 5, 2016Education

Their parents work the farms as migrant labor. What are their kids’ lives like?

December 28, 2015Education

Soldiers patrol in front of the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs Elysees in Paris, France, November 16, 2015, as security increases after last Friday's series of deadly attacks in the French capital.

France identifies Belgian as Paris attacks mastermind; US bombs ISIS oil trucks

November 13, 2015Conflict

Remembering the life of trailblazer Grace Lee Boggs

October 6, 2015Global Politics

The neighborhood that taught Yogi Berra to take those forks in the road

September 23, 2015Sports

The neighborhood where Yogi Berra grew up is an American story in itself. And it’s not over.

Ahmed Mohamed and the lingering effects of racial profiling

September 17, 2015Justice

The arrest of 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed shows that despite efforts and reforms, racial profiling persists throughout many communities in the US.

Teaching a global nation: Supporting immigrant students in a place where they are not the minority

September 2, 2015Education

A teacher describes a community that embraces diversity.

Teaching a global nation: US classrooms are becoming an unlikely immigration battleground

September 1, 2015Education

With the 2016 election in full swing, the debate around immigration reform and border control is raging across the country. And it’s playing out in some unlikely places — America’s classrooms.

For me, there’s no shock at ‘America’s first social media murder’

August 27, 2015Conflict

The Virginia shooting captured on live TV was a shock for many, but the type of violence others have witnessed happens countless times in many urban neighborhoods without the TV cameras.