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Dear America

Dear America

Advice from areas of the world where press freedom is under attack
Unraveling Misinformation About the Border

Unraveling Misinformation About the Border

A few weeks before the U.S. election, I traveled to Wisconsin, the crucial battleground state some 1,500 miles away from what’s been described as a place where evil runs rampant,…
The Hands That Bring Day of the Dead to Life

The Hands That Bring Day of the Dead to Life

Mexican women farmers harvest cempasúchil blooms each year, keeping cultural traditions alive despite inequity
How the AP Calls Elections

How the AP Calls Elections

Going behind the scenes with former Associated Press executive editor and Nieman visiting fellow, Sally Buzbee
Picking Up Where Slain Journalists Leave Off

Picking Up Where Slain Journalists Leave Off

For Sandrine Rigaud, NF ’25, a multicultural childhood opened a path to Forbidden Stories.
‘A Mad, Headlong Poverty-Stricken Rush’ Across South America

‘A Mad, Headlong Poverty-Stricken Rush’ Across South America

A new book about expat journalists in Brazil details Hunter S. Thompson’s early career.
The Intersection of Two All-American Stories

The Intersection of Two All-American Stories

The story of the Pullman porters is a gift that is still giving. The Black men who worked on George Pullman’s elegant sleeping cars for the century after the Civil War first…
Unerased

Unerased

Vladimir Putin’s government is trying to scrub critical journalism from the internet. The Russian Independent Media Archive is standing in its way.
How the Russian Independent Media Archive Is Defying Censorship — and Saving History

How the Russian Independent Media Archive Is Defying Censorship — and Saving History

Co-founders Masha Gessen and Ilia Venyavkin on how the RIMA is preserving the work of Russian independent media for future generations.
Warped

Warped

Election stakes couldn't be higher. The media is still struggling to meet the moment