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How America’s immigrant communities made this World Cup their own
Collage of photos from the stories highlighted below. (Graphic by Alana Campbell for GroundTruth)
Editor’s Note: Charles Sennott is off this week. He asked our colleague Alana Campbell to share her experience of the World Cup, the biggest...
Colombia’s “Tiger” stalks press freedom
Abelardo de la Espriella speaks to journalists next to his running mate Jose Manuel Restrepo during a presentation of their ticket in Cali, Colombia, Thursday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)
Editor’s note: Charles Sennott...
A free press ignited the American Revolution
Prominent figures and new organizations throughout the history of American journalism, including the Philadelphia statue of Ben Franklin at his printing press (Graphic by Alana Campbell for GroundTruth)
History matters, especially when it...
“When I’m 64”
Icons of the 1960s including Walter Cronkite, President John F. Kennedy, the Beatles, astronaut John Glenn, and Sgt. Pepper’s album, along with a Christmas 1962 photo featuring six-month-old Charlie Sennott in the crib and surrounded by his...
The magnificence of human-centered journalism
A.G. Sulzberger, The New York Times Chairman and Publisher, speaking at WAN-IFRA’s World News Media Congress. (Photo from WAN-IFRA)
Last month, Pope Leo XIV delivered an encyclical entitled “Magnifica Humanitas,” or “Magnificent Humanity:...
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Founder of GroundTruth + Publisher of my local newspaper, MVTimes.com.
Wilson Liévano is GroundTruth’s Managing Editor. Previously he ran Animated Press, his motion graphics studio. Before that, he coordinated the online editorial operations of Spanish-language edition of The Wall Street Journal.
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