BOSTON - GlobalPost got action today. The federal government announced an investigation and congress declared it would hold public hearings this fall on our Kabul correspondent Jean MacKenzie's investigative piece about how American tax payers' money is ending up ...Read More
BOSTON — From Berlin, where President John F. Kennedy’s words still echo, to Belfast, where the Kennedy family played a key role in brokering peace, to Cape Town, where Robert F. Kennedy made a historic speech, the Kennedy name is ...Read More
ISLAMABAD – As the Pakistan International Airlines flight touched down here, I noticed that the in-flight screen featured the lush landscape of the Swat Valley with a promotional message: “Pakistan, heaven on earth.” Not exactly. And definitely not these days with a ...Read More
We needed this one. As a country that has too often found itself confronting the futility of its force in the post 9-11 world, the patient, well-executed US Navy mission that freed Captain Richard Phillips came as a welcome ending ...Read More
Our correspondent in Kabul, Jean MacKenzie, provided us tonight with some serious GroundTruth. Her exclusive interview with two former officials from the deposed Taliban government offers the kind of insight on the Obama administration's rethinking of Afghanistan and opening the ...Read More
By C.M. Sennott Today's exclusive story is bold and insightful GroundTruth. Our correspondent in Pakistan, Shahan Mufti, has broken a news story that is a must read. Mufti knows Peshawar, Pakistan well. He's been in and out of there and has ...Read More
GroundTruth is written by Charles Sennott, the Executive Editor and co-founder of GlobalPost. The blog is a way for GlobalPost to let you know what our correspondents all over the world are covering every day. It is a place where Sennott highlights the best work in the field by a stellar team of correspondents . 