Pulitzer Prize shows Hamas continues to control Gaza war's narrative

Imagine if the world’s top prize in the field of engineering were awarded to Hamas for its network of 350-450 miles of tunnels throughout Gaza. While the terror tunnels are indeed an unprecedented engineering feat, this will not happen because engineering’ …

A Pulitzer for Pinoy sounds

Original Pilipino Music (OPM) is on a roll these days. First off. Multo by the alt band Cup of Joe became the first Filipino recording to enter the global charts. Yehey! That means Pinoy pop is now being heard and appreciated globally. And then we got the …

Manassas Native Wins $74k Sophie Kerr Prize from Washington College

Sky Abruzzo Sky Abruzzo has been named the winner of the 2025 Sophie Kerr Prize, an annual literary award bestowed upon a graduating senior at Washington College. The announcement was made at a ceremony this evening, following readings by six finalists. …

Free Beacon Editor-in-Chief Commits Act of Journalism, Triggers the Pulitzer Prize Committee (Thread)

At the beginning of May, we told you about Palestinian 'journalist' and poet Mosab Abu Toha receiving the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. In that story, an Israeli hostage shamed the Pulitzer committee for giving an award to a man who denied the …

Pulitzer Prize Official Mocked Juror For Questioning An Anti-Israel Writer’s Award

A Pulitzer Prize administrator mocked a conservative journalist and member of its nominating jury for questioning why the group gave an award to an anti-Israel journalist who downplayed Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. Eliana Johnson, editor-in- …

Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow discusses his new book, 'Mark Twain'

Civil War’s Combahee Raid and Harriet Tubman’s role in it subject of Pulitzer Prize-winning book

In 1863, abolitionist Harriet Tubman guided a raid that liberated nearly 760 enslaved people working on rice plantations along the Combahee River, near Beaufort, South Carolina. Dr. Edda Fields-Black, a history professor at Carnegie Mellon University, …

Pulitzer Prize winner, former Westminster board member John Harrison dies at 91

While here, Harrison served on several boards, including the Carter Center’s Board of Councilors, the High Museum of Art and the Westminster Schools, a position from which he resigned when school leaders refused to change the policy of hiring only …

Pulitzer-winning ‘Between Riverside and Crazy’ was a mission of love for the playwright

Q: A craft question, how do you regard your characters when you’re writing? A: I occasionally do writing workshops and teaching, and I always say you’ve got to have love for your character. I couldn’t write Donald Trump right now and that’s my own failing. …

Pulitzer-winning Siouxland journalist talks about new book on transformative changes in Iowa farms & communities

There’s a new book coming out this year by a notable journalist from Northwest Iowa. Art Cullen has been a lifelong newspaperman, writing in North Central Iowa and also now for more than 30 years in Storm Lake in Buena Vista County. Originally that was for …