Sara Schonhardt

GlobalPost

Sara Schonhardt is a freelance reporter currently writing about and exploring her home state of Ohio after 15 years away. A longtime international reporter, she worked for nearly eight years in Indonesia for outlets such as The New York Times, Christian Science Monitor and Voice of America. She was most recently a Jakarta-based staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal. Schonhardt has always enjoyed writing about social issues and how policies are impacting people. She traveled to Guatemala late last year through a fellowship with the International Reporting Project to document how women were responding to issues related to the environment. 


Susana

Commentary: The border wall problem few of us are talking about? Climate change.

Climate Change

The harsh conditions and increasingly unpredictable weather in the Guatemalan highlands are putting added stress on poor families and pushing up migration in an area where locals estimate nearly half of the 250 households have already seen someone leave.

coffee

With Dirty Girl coffee, this entrepreneur strives to make life better for women in Appalachia

Lidia Florentino Cumes Cumez

Guatemalan women transform their town one brushstroke at a time

Arts

2011: year for self-immolations

Conflict

Indonesia’s uneven justice system

Indonesians speak out against vigilante group, the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI)

Politics

Despite a general dislike of the hardliners, protests against them were rare. Now, that may be changing.

The World

Marines (hopefully) learn more than “hello” in Pashto

Agence France-Presse

North Carolina military school teaches rudimentary language skills to troops going to Afghanistan.

The World

Can Indonesia’s “Hamburger King” topple McDonald’s?

So far, the signs are not good.

The World

Condoms in Asia: Sex sells

To boost sales in Indonesia and Thailand, condom makers market the fun aspects of sex.

The World

Sex goes viral in Indonesia

Lifestyle

Celebrity sex videos in Indonesia launch debate over the need for sex education.