The Groundtruth Project

The GroundTruth Project

The GroundTruth Project is a foundation-supported initiative dedicated to training the next generation of foreign correspondents in the digital age. It is focused on the issues of social justice including human rights, freedom of expression, emerging democracies, the environment, religious affairs and global health.

Maja Žirovčić rearranges the hand-painted shoes she's designed with co-founder, Ljudmila Mihajlović.

Bows and glitter: Young entrepreneurs choose their tools to confront the struggling Croatian economy

Surrounded by students who would later leave Croatia in pursuit of more successful jobs, Ljudmila Mihajlović and Maja Žirovčić never dreamed that their hobby would one day become a business.

Bows and glitter: Young entrepreneurs choose their tools to confront the struggling Croatian economy
Youth unemployment

As youth unemployment spikes, job seekers keep dreaming

As youth unemployment spikes, job seekers keep dreaming
“In Tanzania, it is as if we don’t exist,” says Salumu Kundaya Kidomwita, a Barabaig cattle herder whose name translates to “Warthog.” At the age of 60, Kidomwita is facing his second eviction in the last decade. After being pushed out of his home by a ri

PHOTOS: Members of evicted tribe say they’re left with nowhere to go

PHOTOS: Members of evicted tribe say they’re left with nowhere to go
A man hauls a box of blankets during distribution hours in Zaatari refugee camp. First opened on July 23, 2012 as a temporary settlement in Jordan for Syrians fleeing conflict has since turned into a permanent fixture resembling a small city rather than a

Why Jordan is reaching its limits with Syrian refugees

Why Jordan is reaching its limits with Syrian refugees
Afghan rappers attend during the Sound Central music festival in Kabul May 1, 2013.

Can Afghanistan be saved?

Can Afghanistan be saved?
Paris climate change talks

Hope and economics (and Obama and Modi) collide at climate talks

Two leaders and their different stands on solving climate change bracket historic talks in Paris.

Hope and economics (and Obama and Modi) collide at climate talks
ICANN slow to leave US grip

America slow to cede Internet control

The Internet's governing body has struggled to transition into an independent operation.

America slow to cede Internet control
UN

Will changing healthcare access prevent the outbreak of a global pandemic?

Public health officials agree that the next disease outbreak of infectious disease is imminent. The question is, which one?

Will changing healthcare access prevent the outbreak of a global pandemic?
Afghanistan

Uncertainty abounds for Afghan city after Taliban takeover

What the fall of Kunduz tells us about Afghanistan’s current reality.

Uncertainty abounds for Afghan city after Taliban takeover
Rodas, Cuba

After Francis, will things improve for Cuba's Catholics?

For years, the Catholic Church was beleaguered across Cuba, but with Pope Francis, many now see an opportunity for Cuban Catholics to build a freer future.

After Francis, will things improve for Cuba's Catholics?
foreverstan

In perilous times, a triumph for these young women

Today nearly eight million Afghan girls attend school, but this success hangs in the balance as the US prepares to leave Afghanistan.

In perilous times, a triumph for these young women
An Afghan boy plays with a balloon at his house in Mazar-i-Sharif in 2014.

Foreverstan: The legacy of America's longest war in 8 photos from photojournalist Farshad Usyan

On the 14th anniversary of 9/11, a deeper look at America's seemingly endless war in Afghanistan and the impact it has had on the people on the ground. Photos by Farshad Usyan.

Foreverstan: The legacy of America's longest war in 8 photos from photojournalist Farshad Usyan
Palmer Station, Antarctica.

In the frozen Antarctic, it's culinary creativity that is vital for morale

Traveling to the Antarctic is exciting, but it can also be isolating due to the extreme conditions. Researchers can be on the water for more than six weeks at a time or longer. Food is crucial to the collective sanity. What do you eat when there is nothing fresh?

In the frozen Antarctic, it's culinary creativity that is vital for morale
Chef Wareef Kassem Hamedo.

The making of a Syrian refugee celebrity chef — in Gaza

Chef Wareef Kassem Hamedo believes food isn’t just food, it has a soul. He dreamed of opening a restaurant in his hometown of Aleppo, Syria. As the conflict there rages on, Hamedo has finally opened his restaurant — but as a refugee in Gaza.

The making of a Syrian refugee celebrity chef — in Gaza
One of many banners around Freetown, Sierra Leone, warning people not to touch one another because of Ebola.

Emerging from the spectre of Ebola

The number of infected in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea is less than seven times what it was in February. As a result, people are feeling freer to leave their homes and go back to normal life. But some experts worry that with comfort comes complacency.

Emerging from the spectre of Ebola