Maryland is set to examine their current method of evaluating poverty in schools throughout the next year, potentially opening up a pathway to boost funding for schools with students in need. A new study is meant to help address the…
‘Hello Girl’ from Maryland may soon win a medal for her World War I service
Brentwood, Md. — Marie Edmee LeRoux has been buried at the Fort Lincoln Cemetery here for 79 years, but she may soon win a gold medal for her service in World War I. LeRoux was one of 223 bilingual women…
Algerian journalist and activist, 65, pardoned during third stint in prison
Algerian journalist Ihsane El Kadi, 65, was released from prison in late October after serving 22 months of detention.
Roman Ivanov’s story is a microcosm of media censorship in Russia
Roman Ivanov’s case is part of a larger story about President Vladimir Putin’s successful efforts to silence journalists and dismantle independent media in Russia.
Exiled for reporting: The story of Nicaraguan journalist Victor Ticay Ruiz
Journalist Victor Ruiz Ticay spent 517 days and nights sleeping on a cement floor in the suffocating heat of an overcrowded Nicaraguan prison cell.
Vietnamese journalist, former UMD fellow, imprisoned amid nationwide crackdown on press freedom
Truong Huy San, one of Vietnam’s most influential journalists and historians, was arrested on charges of “abusing democratic freedoms.”
Little Belarus: Warsaw becomes home for exiles
There are an estimated 250 exiled Belarusian journalists in Warsaw, according to Barys Haretski, deputy chairman of the Belarusian Association of Journalists.
An emerging crime in Hong Kong: Freedom of speech and press
Ryan Law Wai-Kwong became a symbol of the dramatic transformation of Hong Kong from a dynamic center of capitalism and media freedom to a government-controlled nation with little room for independent journalists.
Iran’s oldest political prisoner released, still an activist
At 76 years old, Keyvan Samimi, a veteran journalist and political activist had spent more than 10 years behind bars.
Israel’s War on the Media: Palestinian Alaa Al-Rimawi one of nearly 50 journalists imprisoned; many more killed in war
Under what Israel calls “administrative detention,” it is allowed to hold detainees without charges, without a trial date and with little contact with the outside world.