Dec 9, 2021
Antonella, 12, lebt in einem Vorort von Buenos Aires.
Foto Irina Werning
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Antonella, 12, lebt in einem Vorort von Buenos Aires.
Foto Irina Werning
[I]f we truly understand that black people are fully American and so the struggle of black people to make our union actually reflect its values is not a negative thing against the country, because we are citizens who are working to make this country better for all Americans. That is something that white Americans, if they really believe as they say that race doesn't matter, we're all Americans, should also be proud of and embrace that story. We cannot deny our past. And if you believe that 1776 matters, if you believe that our Constitution still matters, then you also have to understand that the legacy of slavery still matters and you can't pick and choose what parts of history we think are important and which ones aren't. They all are important. And that narrative that is inclusive and honest even if it's painful is the only way that we can understand our times now and the only way we can move forward.
Nikole Hannah-Jones in interview with Hari Sreenivassan at PBS Newshour. The 1619 Project details the legacy of slavery in America
Our democracy’s founding ideals were false when they were written. Black Americans have fought to make them true.
The Pulitzer Center makes available online the full edition of The 1619 Project as a downloadable PDF.
Becoming Part of the Story: Sex Slavery in Agadez
Emily Kassie
In a back alley covered in trash similar to this one I met a women named Sarah (Not real name). While Malia was in conversation with Sarah’s pimp, I was able to give Sarah and her friends my phone number. The next day I got a whatsapp message from Sarah. “You have to help me escape here,” it read.
Tricked by a job agency in Nigeria where she had been searching for work, Sarah was told she had a hotel job in Saudi Arabia and that she would be transported there. But when Sarah arrived in Agadez she had no idea where she was and told she had to work off a debt of $3000 USD to leave.
Sarah disclosed to me her real name and told me she couldn’t take the rape anymore. With Malia’s help I was able to find the number of a local anti-trafficking unit. I put Sarah and the unit in touch. I then located Sarah and the unit was able to get her to safety and eventually home to Ghana.
The tension was high the next day when her madame came looking for me. A colleague, Josh Haner of the New York Times, got a knock on his door in the Agadez hotel we were both staying in while I was out shooting. She was wondering the hotel and found his room. When he answered, the madame demanded he find me and that he let her into his room. Josh was able to quell the situation and send her off. Luckily we departed the next day.
It was one of those moments where I had to measure my role as a journalist to stay objective and uninvolved as well as the responsibility to keep my team safe, against my responsibility as a human being to help. Given that there was a trafficking unit with the capacity to handle her case and follow through on her return home, that was the choice I made. One of my hardest days in the field.
Sarah and I are still in touch and she is safe and happy in Ghana.
To see more of Emily Kassie and Malia Politzer’s reporting, visit their project, “Refugee Boom and Bust: A Global Gold Rush”.
The Pulitzer Center is proud to partner with The New York Times Magazine on The 1619 Project to expand its educational mission.
One of the best parts is that the Pulitzer Center is encouraging educators to share lesson plans.
Jane Ferguson
[TOP] Jon filming inside a former makeshift ISIS prison, in a village south of Mosul city.
[MIDDLE] Police at the frontline in Qayarrah town - manning a checkpoint, as oil burns in the background.
[BOTTOM] Children running to greet us on a hillside by a village near Qayarrah town.
Image and Text by Jane Ferguson. For more of Jane’s reporting visit her project, “Iraq: Battle for Mosul”.
Emily Kassie
Unable to contain himself he left Malia and marched over to me demanding that I delete all footage of the children and factory. Malia made one last attempt at diverting his attention while I did a quick slight of hand switching the memory cards, hiding the important one in my bra and took some random shots on the other. I showed it to him and then deleted those shots. He was majorly relieved. So was I, because all the damning evidence was sitting perfectly intact at the bottom of my sports bra.
To see more of Emily Kassie and Malia Politzer’s reporting, visit their project, “Refugee Boom and Bust: A Global Gold Rush”.
Jane Ferguson
[TOP] A signpost outside Qayarrah town - which was retaken from ISIS about a month ago. The Americans are helping get a nearby military airfield up and running again and this is largely expected to be where the main assault on the city is staged. In the picture, oil fields, lit by fleeing ISIS fighters are burning and creating large black clouds. The sign reads, “Here is Qayarrah, key to liberating Mosul”.
[MIDDLE] a Peshmerga fighter at a post to the East of Mosul city. It is the closest point on the front line to the city, some 11 kilometers away, and on clear days they can see the city itself.
[BOTTOM] The destruction in Fallujah city.
Image and Text by Jane Ferguson. For more of Jane’s reporting visit her project, “Iraq: Battle for Mosul”.
Jane Ferguson
The idea of a nightlife in Baghdad seems like the nostalgic memory of an older Iraqi, reminiscing over the Saddam years. Speak to reporters who were last here during the constant, murderous violence of years gone by and they cannot believe you might walk down the street to a bar or restaurant for the evening.
Yet there are plenty of people out on the Iraqi capital’s streets after dark—grilling Masgouf river fish, and swinging red-hot shisha coals in the night as sparks fly off into the darkness.
A bridge over the Tigris regularly hosts dozens of parked cars at night, squeezing the already slow-moving traffic, as wedding parties get out and dance on the sidewalk.
The sound of a roaring, outdoor nightclub could be heard from my bedroom until late, as Baghdadis enjoyed the relief of cooler nights after a brutally hot summer.
When ISIS raced into Iraq in 2014 and swept down to Baghdad’s doorstep, people here were rightly panicked. The sectarian hatred of the radical Sunni group for the country’s Shiites—and their brutal treatment of the Sunni populations they ruled—was clear for everyone to see on nightly TV reports.
The momentum has now swung in the opposite direction, and with US airstrikes and offensives by the Iraqi military, the group is retreating. Horrific ISIS car bombs do still rock the capital, killing innocents, but there is also a feeling of increasing confidence here.
Yet even the most optimistic Iraqis have learned not to expect such periods to last. Fighting against ISIS alongside the regular Army are Shia militias. They are empowered, heavily armed and number tens of thousands. They are also not under the full control of the Iraqi government. People here really don’t know what those young fighters will do if ISIS is defeated. Having huge numbers of armed young men without jobs in any country is an alarming prospect. Many here fear that they may bring the next wave of violence.
Image and Text by Jane Ferguson. For more of Jane’s reporting visit her project, “Iraq: Battle for Mosul”.