The Latin America News Dispatch, Sex Work Flourishes in Post-Earthquake Haiti. Shirley, 38, lost everything in the 2010 Haitian earthquake. With no way to support her family, she returned to sex work. Human rights advocates and health experts say others are doing the same.
The Indypendent, In Kato's Africa, USAID Money Spurred Spread of HIV Criminalization Laws. The U.S. Agency for International Development helped finance the creation of several controversial HIV-related laws in Africa.
The Baltimore Sun, Immigrants Race to Beat Clock. When U.S. immigration announces significant price increases for citizenship papers, Baltimore's immigrants go scrambling to raise money — fast.
The Baltimore Sun, Ex-Felons Join Voting Rolls as New Md. Law Opens Way. A legislative change extends the right to vote to 52,000 Maryland residents, empowering people like Kimberly Haven.
The Baltimore Sun, School Work. A new school proposes a radical idea: send students into the workforce to raise their own tuition. Will it succeed in Baltimore's flailing school system? This Sunday "Ideas" piece investigates.
The Baltimore Sun, A Contest's Vivid Legacy. A few Baltimore mavericks swoop in to save a neighborhood's flagging reputation.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Facility's Stench Causes Sickness, Residents Say. When residents in an Atlanta neighborhood fall ill, they blame their sicknesses on an onion-like odor eminating from the local waste plant. After this article published, the AJC began a series on the issue.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Tents Give Way to Technology. Summer camps across the nation have begun an amenities arms race as they compete to occupy a generation hooked on technology.
The Daily Tar Heel, As Casualties Mount, Pain Persists. Randy Beard, whose son was killed by a roadside bomb in 2004, isn't the only North Carolinian affected by the war in Iraq. Studies say the conflict has disproportionately impacted the Tar Heel state.