Like any 4th grade boy, Jalue Dorje enjoys soccer, swimming and Pokemon cards. But unlike most 9-year-olds, he is…
Our Mission
The Under-Told Stories Project works to expand, sustain and improve coverage of the world outside America in broadcast, print and emerging new media outlets. Our challenge is to direct American eyes to the daily concerns of far away people who increasingly affect our lives. We hope to reawaken the generous curiosity of Americans —our students in particular— about a world we can no longer ignore.
Recent Stories
Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro meets an American woman who has made her home in Liberia, started her…
Heavy lifting is a way of life in Nepal. But the 250,000 workers — many of them children —…
In India’s Rajasthan desert, the work of mining sandstone can be lethal. Silicosis, a slow, irreversible loss of lung…
About 76 million Indians don’t have regular access to clean drinking water, the most of any country in the…
There’s a culture clash over repairing the priceless antiquities of Nepal that were badly damaged by last year’s earthquake.…