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Since 2009, GlobalPost has produced insightful reporting about international events and issues for a worldwide audience online. Known for high-quality and unflinching reports by journalists who live where they work, GlobalPost’s country-based correspondents spend time far off the beaten path and are immersed in local life, so they are able to deliver unique perspectives about the world. Recognized for its in-depth multi-part series, long-form journalism, and conflict reporting, GlobalPost’s work has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the George Foster Peabody Award, two Edward R. Murrow Awards, the George Polk Award, the Overseas Press Club Award, the Edwin Hood Diplomacy Award from the National Press Club, and the Robert F. Kennedy Award. Boston public media producer WGBH acquired GlobalPost in 2015 and its reporting capacity was integrated into PRI’s global news platforms and operations.Today, GlobalPost’s mission continues as an integral part of PRI’s respected global news platforms. As part of PRI, GlobalPost Investigations will lead PRI’s hard-hitting conflict reporting and narrative, in-depth projects about topics no one else is covering the same way. These extensive projects go beyond the daily headlines to give readers a comprehensive look at the underlying issues driving a particular story. It’s the kind of ambitious enterprise and investigative reporting on international issues that has become increasingly uncommon in today’s media landscape. GlobalPost InvestigationsMore on GlobalPost
A man with no legs sits in a wheelchair in his living room
Science & Technology
A heavy-duty wheelchair expands mobility in post-war Colombia
A man looks at a screen showing the face of another man projected on a wall
Conflict
In Myanmar, underground poetry nights build bridges between Rohingya and Burmese writers
Brighton Beach
After years of racial discrimination in Russia, this Korean Uzbek community finds peace in New York City
Protesters with signs stand in front of a Starbucks storefront.
Low coffee prices are starving farmers. Can a cartel fix it?
Two men in military uniform walk arm and arm
The US promised thousands of foreign interpreters special immigrant visas. Now they’re trapped.
A woman stands with smartphone in a shop with organizers
Elections
Jewish and Arab women unite to defy Bedouin voter suppression in Israeli election
A mass of protesters wearing white and carrying Ethiopian flags gather in the street
Religion
Uptick in church burnings raises alarm in Ethiopia
Up close image of Kenyan man wearing black sweatshirt
Gender
‘Intersex’ is counted in Kenya’s census — but is this a victory?
Former rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia play football at a camp
In lead-up to Colombian elections, woman mayoral candidate is latest assassination victim
Three young men sit closely together and look at a cell phone
Refugees
Fast friends, Rohingya refugees in exile rebuild their lives in Malaysia
farmer
Colombian farmers combine agriculture, ecology to solve economic, health woes
A plastic sex doll with brown wig sits in an office chair
Sexuality
South Korea’s sex doll industry stirs controversy with ‘life-size’ imports
Mother plays with toddler
Reproductive rights
China’s Gen X moms turn to IVF in desperate quest for a second baby
Man stands in 7-Eleven in work vest
Protest
South Korea’s ‘No Japan’ boycott is new. But the wounds are old.
Indigenous
Without respect for Indigenous rights, climate change will worsen, UN says
woman wearing sunglasses holds sign that says "abortion is ok"
Reproductive rights
Meet the ‘abortion aunts’ of Berlin who help Polish women terminate unwanted pregnancies
A woman carries belongings outside of a detention center in rubble
Conflict
Libya’s hellish refugee centers remain open despite calls for closure
Rockstar man speaks into mic with red background of political message
Global Politics
Pizza makers, video gamers, rockstars: Ukraine’s new parliament turns politics ‘upside down’
Women in black hijab shop at market in Sanaa, Yemen
Conflict
Yemeni women activists escape war with the help of a global, underground network
Two men pose in front of an old tree trunk.
Food
Olive oil company unites Cyprus with a ‘taste of peace’
young journalist
Refugees
Young migrants and refugees in Greece wanted to be heard. So they started their own newspaper.
A man gardens on a small raised bed of plants.
Conflict & Justice
Despite the peace deal, former FARC fighters face a new war in rural Colombia
Two men talk over lunch.
Jobs
South Korea’s new ‘blind hiring’ law bans personal interview questions
Government officials stand in a row on the street in front of bouquets of flowers.
Extremism
France combats extremism with secularism — and a hotline
Media professionals sit in control room with brightly lit screens
Media
Ukraine’s public broadcasters want a free press. Can they survive the politics?
A man is shown walking between two houses with a chain link fence on his left and a manicured stone wall on his right.
Development
Puerto Rico’s Vieques island ousted the US Navy. Now the fight’s against Airbnb.
A decapitated religious statue
Religion
This region of Indonesia was known for its religious harmony. Now, Catholics face growing intolerance.
Young man crawls through fence with bicycle
Business, Economics and Jobs
Italy’s mafia gets richer as ‘security decree’ strips migrant rights
A young man works on a screen print design
Business, Economics and Jobs
Will a German investment in Ghana’s youth slow down migration?
Four women sit crosslegged on the floor of a windowless room. Around them are suitcases and bedding. A baby is wrapped in a blanket nearby.
Jobs
‘Discounted maids!’: How ads trap women in modern-day slavery in Jordan
A Yazidi man stands by a field of green on a sunny day.
Conflict & Justice
Yazidi farmers return home to cultivate farmland after years in exile
A family of men sit on a porch and cry with their heads down.
Health & Medicine
In Nigeria, Twitter therapists and ‘tuk-tuk’ counselors make up for a gap in mental health care
Two cats put their heads together in a snuggle.
Lifestyle & Belief
It’s meow or never: Seoul’s street cats fight for love
People stand with face masks on the verandah of a yellow hospital building.
Health & Medicine
A raging TB epidemic in Papua New Guinea threatens to destabilize the entire Asia Pacific
Police control crowd in protest with signs with Korean letters.
Global Politics
South Korean aid to North Korea could be a game changer — if North Korea accepts it
Young soldier wearing uniform raises his fist alongside other cheering soldiers
Conflict
Cheap drones are changing the calculus of war in Yemen
A woman politician gives a thumbs up on back of truck
Global Politics
Women are becoming ‘electable’ candidates in India — even when they don’t win
A woman porter in Ceuta wears colorful straw hat and leopard print jacket
Borders
Morocco’s ‘mule women’ risk their lives hauling goods across the border from Spain
Man stands wearing white shirt in front of a hotel.
Conflict
Venezuela’s ex-military deserted Maduro hoping for a revolution. Now they’re on the brink of homelessness.
Syrian refugee Nujeen Mustafa poses after a charity Christmas event
Refugees
War is hell. Try doing it in a wheelchair.
Three women sit around a laptop with background of colorful handprints
LGBTQ
In Kenya, LGBTQ activists mobilize in support of historic court decision to decriminalize gay sex
Nadia Murad gestures with her hands against a blue sky.
Conflict & Justice
Yazidi women still fear ISIS months after their defeat
A woman stands with her back to the camera wearing a plaid green and yellow scarf.
Global Politics
Thousands of Bengali women must prove their Indian citizenship or face statelessness. Most can’t.
a submarine surfaces with bird flying overhead
Nuclear
Nukes? What nukes? US military’s ‘neither confirm nor deny’ policy complicates activists’ trial
Somali man wears blue shirt and brown wrap with cream cap and holds a cane.
Conflict & Justice
Somali torture victim will face his abuser after 31 years — in US court
Young men wearing black stand on steps and raise fists in air.
Conflict
Maduro turns to violent ‘mercenary’ colectivos to maintain order
protestors in the front of the national palace in mexico
Conflict & Justice
In Mexico, Guerrero’s displaced get a little closer to home
Protesters carry black sign with white writing in support of slain Armenian journalist.
Conflict & Justice
100 years after genocide, Armenians in Turkey revive their identity
Industrial workers standing near burning coke fuel.
Global Politics
A struggling mining town in Ukraine looks to one of their own as leading presidential candidate
Large green tank with Arabic script logo.
Conflict & Justice
How stolen weapons keep groups like Boko Haram in business
A man with a microphone in front of bright lights gives a peace sign.
Global Politics
This Ukrainian presidential candidate is challenging language divisions with a message of unity
protesters carry blue and red signs saying 'defend our sovereignty'
Global Politics
Philippines security at risk over escalating tensions between US and China in South China Sea
A fence strung with signs and paper cranes
Immigration
Immigrant detention centers are a grim reminder of Japanese American history
Women in colorful robes escape from building after explosion.
Global Politics
Attacked on all sides: Somali civilians bombed by US airstrikes and targeted by al-Shabab
Trader displays sari with image of modi with his military tanks
Conflict
As elections loom, India’s Modi vows to end terrorism in Kashmir — with more military force
woman wearing military fatigues holds a gun
Thousands of ISIS fighters sit in prison. Kurdish leaders call for a special tribunal.
Men wear grey and black military fatigues.
Global Politics
Ukraine’s ultranationalists have no presidential candidate. But they’re still at the polls.
images of various Muslim clerics on Instagram
Religion
Indonesia’s Muslim youth find new heroes in Instagram preachers
Man in uniform stands between two civilians with gesture of calm.
Conflict
Brazil sides with Venezuela’s opposition, but military intervention is off the table — for now
Two diplomats stand in front of a sign that reads ban nuclear weapons
Global Politics
Can the Ban Treaty eliminate the threat of nuclear war? The clock is ticking down