Medill National Security Reporting Project
Medill/GlobalPost investigation sheds new light on $3.2 billion U.S. mine clearance and victim assistance effort.
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Medill/USA TODAY investigation of U.S. international food aid programs finds significant, entrenched problems
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#MedillRemembers James Foley, One Year Later
Remembering James Foley's life and legacy one year after his death at the hands of the Islamic State.
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Major TV networks sign onto freelancer safety compact
Read about the compact, which was signed by Medill NSJI Co-Director Ellen Shearer at Columbia University in September, here.McCormick Foundation renews grant for Medill National Security Journalism program
EVANSTON, Ill. — The Robert R. McCormick Foundation has renewed a $1 million grant to fund the Medill National Security Journalism Initiative at Northwestern University over the next two years.
The NSJ program provides journalists-in-training and working journalists with the knowledge and skills necessary to report accurately, completely and with context on events and issues related to defense, security and civil liberties. The initiative began in January, 2009 with an initial three-year, $1.3 million McCormick Foundation grant. The grant was also renewed for $1 million over two years in 2011.
Posts by Ezra Kaplan
Conflict drives the emergence of disease in refugee camps
(Aug. 26, 2015)
Conflict and poverty are key factors in the emergence of disease worldwide according to Dr. Peter Hotez, who is President Barack Obama’s appointed science envoy focused on global health and vaccine development. Continue reading
DHS makes sure terrorists don’t get access to chemical facilities
(Aug. 26, 2015)
Chemicals are an important part of modern society but, in the wrong hands, they can be deadly weapons. The government has recognized this danger and taken on the act of trying to protect the American people by protecting the stocks of chemicals across the country. Continue reading
Philippine government invites former occupying military powers back to ward off China
(Aug. 26, 2015)The Philippines has lately welcomed the militaries of the US and Japan in order to send a unified signal to China as it asserts its presence in the South China Sea. Continue reading
Afghan-Americans to Pakistan: stop supporting terrorism
(Aug. 18, 2015)On August 14, almost 50 Afghan-Americans gathered outside the Pakistani embassy in Washington, D.C. to protest what they say is Pakistan’s ongoing support of terrorist organizations operating in Afghanistan. Continue reading
The two faces of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
(Aug. 17, 2015)The U.S. may have opened an embassy in Havana, Cuba, but 500 miles away at the Guantanamo Bay naval base you wouldn’t know that anything had changed. Continue reading
Congress pushes for rules on explosive fertilizer
(Aug. 04, 2015)Congress is getting sick of waiting for regulations on the sale of ammonium nitrate, a fertilizer that was the main ingredient of the bomb that blew up a federal building in Oklahoma City in 1995. Continue reading
War crime court proceedings grind to a halt in Guantanamo Bay
(Aug. 03, 2015)
The July commission hearings for accused war criminal Abd al Hadi al Iraqi halted abruptly this week after the defendant decided he did not trust his assigned Pentagon Lawyers. Not a single one of the motions set to be argued was resolved and the judged scheduled another round of pre-trial hearings set to start on Sept. 21. Continue reading
Accused al-Qaida leader to appear in court
(Jul. 22, 2015)Abd al Hadi al Iraqi, 54, considered a “high value” detainee, is accused of ordering attacks that led to the deaths of at least eight U.S. service members. Continue reading
Guantanamo detainee hearing resumes Wednesday
(Jul. 22, 2015)The pre-trial hearing for Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi, accused of conspiring in the murders of U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Continue reading
Hearing delayed for Gitmo detainee
(Jul. 21, 2015)Monday’s pretrial proceedings for Abd al Hadi al Iraqi, a “high-value target” detained at U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, since 2007, were delayed Sunday after a closed-door meeting with prosecutors, defense attorneys and the judge. Continue reading
