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Southern Exposure

How three Niemans drove coverage of the civil rights movement

What We Talk About When We Talk About War

War correspondent Kevin Sites explores what happens to veterans who have returned from Afghanistan and Iraq

It Can’t Happen Here

Why is there so little coverage of Americans who are struggling with poverty?
'Speaking From Beneath the Sea'

‘Speaking From Beneath the Sea’

Through her reporting and activism, Mexican journalist Marcela Turati, recipient of the 2013 Lyons Award, is giving voice to those who lack political power and access to the media

Reporting from America’s Silent Spaces

Sandy Close, recipient of the 2012 I.F. Stone Medal, has made a career out of helping ethnic communities and the dispossessed tell their own stories

The Voice on the Other End of the Line

Close asked Mark O’Brien, confined to an iron lung, to write about sex and disability. A documentary she co-produced about him won an Oscar. Photo by Paul Sakuma/The Associated Press.RELATED…

The Illumination Business

Why drama critics must look at and look after the theater

Select, Shape, Celebrate

The critic’s calling is to elevate the good and ignore the bad

Concision and Clarity

Robert Christgau reflects on the art of writing well about music

Consumer Retorts

When everybody’s a critic, what’s the role of a professional reviewer?