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September 14, 2012
Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan have just been named the 2013 winners of the Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award. They write about art and dance and their subjects include Van Gogh, Jackson...
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August 27, 2012
This summer Pulitzer Center Student Fellows from the Pulitzer Center covered everything from fast-food establishments (and the health consequences) in Dubai to the cholera epidemic in Haiti and the...
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August 9, 2012
On August 8, 2012, Hillary Clinton speaks to students and staff at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa. In a heartfelt speech, filled with powerful images and tender recollections, she...
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July 20, 2012
Else Minarik, author of the Little Bear stories—beginner books with heart—dies at age 91.
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July 13, 2012
Washington, DC set a record last week: The hottest summer in 140 years. Eleven consecutive days with highs over 95. Five days with the average high of 99.5. (The highest temperature reached 105, one...
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June 26, 2012
IN SEARCH OF HOME: It’s an iBook published on iTunes and released this week by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. I helped edit the manuscript and only a few days after finishing the process...
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May 24, 2012
A year ago I visited a 7th grade class at the Two Rivers Public Charter School to talk about my book Freedom Calls: Journey of a Slave Girl. Now 7th graders at Two Rivers respond to the question, "...
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May 24, 2012
From the May issue of School Library Journal:
Gr 8 Up–Mandela’s life and career have captured the imagination of millions, and this biography does nothing to detract from his heroic image....
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April 27, 2012
This week I was invited to attend the Ridenhour Prize award ceremony at the National Press Club. This ceremony recognizes those who promote social justice and persevere in truth-telling to protect...
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April 10, 2012
On Saturday, April 14, at 11 am, I will be speaking about Freedom Calls at Tudor Place. This historic house in Georgetown will host a reenactment of a Civil War encampment on its grounds....