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August 27, 2012
This summer Pulitzer Center Student Fellows from the Pulitzer Center covered everything from fast-food establishments (and the health consequences) in Dubai to the cholera epidemic in Haiti and the...
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August 9, 2012
On August 8, 2012, Hillary Clinton speaks to students and staff at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa. In a heartfelt speech, filled with powerful images and tender recollections, she...
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July 20, 2012
Else Minarik, author of the Little Bear stories—beginner books with heart—dies at age 91.
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July 13, 2012
Washington, DC set a record last week: The hottest summer in 140 years. Eleven consecutive days with highs over 95. Five days with the average high of 99.5. (The highest temperature reached 105, one...
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June 26, 2012
IN SEARCH OF HOME: It’s an iBook published on iTunes and released this week by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. I helped edit the manuscript and only a few days after finishing the process...
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May 24, 2012
A year ago I visited a 7th grade class at the Two Rivers Public Charter School to talk about my book Freedom Calls: Journey of a Slave Girl. Now 7th graders at Two Rivers respond to the question, "...
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May 24, 2012
From the May issue of School Library Journal:
Gr 8 Up–Mandela’s life and career have captured the imagination of millions, and this biography does nothing to detract from his heroic image....
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April 27, 2012
This week I was invited to attend the Ridenhour Prize award ceremony at the National Press Club. This ceremony recognizes those who promote social justice and persevere in truth-telling to protect...
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April 10, 2012
On Saturday, April 14, at 11 am, I will be speaking about Freedom Calls at Tudor Place. This historic house in Georgetown will host a reenactment of a Civil War encampment on its grounds....
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March 21, 2012
In the early 18th century, London was home to the very rich and the very poor. Many mothers could not afford to care for their children - 1,000 babies were abandoned throughout London every year....