A trove of Civil Rights history
The former librarian of the Poynter Institute, a Pulitzer centennial partner, has created a vast online archive of Pulitzer Prize-winning work on Social Justice and Equality.
Pulitzer Stories
Writings on the winners, finalists, and history of the Pulitzer Prizes
‘The law did not solve all the problems of immigration’
In 1987, Jonathan Freedman won a Pulitzer for writing about immigration across the U.S.-Mexico border. One piece began: "The night before Easter, three companeros crawled through a hole in the chain-link fence — into America."
A thorny complexity of feelings and ideas
In the work of a poet from an earlier generation, Rae Armantrout finds common ground – and points of departure.
A real lesson in freedom of expression
A Pulitzer Prize centennial Campfire creates an unexpected challenge, a crafty solution and cheers from a young audience.
Biography and Autobiography winners: the last 25 years
Excerpts from Pulitzer jury reports, including those on Margaret Fuller: A New American Life and Angela's Ashes, show the fascinating questions that arise in evaluating such work.
Our hero
The Salt Lake Tribune’s salute to the Pulitzer Prize centennial has already turned up a man who’s read all the winning novels.
The question of prayer in public schools
After the Supreme Court ruled on this hot issue, Anthony Lewis coolly sifted through the public response to it.
Words to live by
A Pulitzer Prize winner reflects on the durability of the work he does in the craft he loves.
Covering the present with a sense of the past
In reporting from Washington, David Shribman crystallized the moment by understanding its context.
And the winner is . . .
Two of the three meetings between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier produced Pulitzer-winning work.
