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Colby College To Honor Pulitzer Prize-Winning Columnist Leonard Pitts, Jr

Leonard Pitts, Jr. Leonard Pitts Jr., the Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated columnist for the Miami Herald, is being honored Tuesday night by Colby College with its Lovejoy Award for Courage in Journalism. Pitts, who s Black, told Morning Edition host Irwin Gratz he finds writing columns about national affairs and race both satisfying and frustrating. This interview has been edited for clarity. Pitts: It s satisfying in the sense that you get to have a voice in the ongoing national discussion. There have been times times when things were going very recent times when things were going on in this country that were so absolutely insane, that I felt that if I didn t have a chance to say something and be heard by large amounts of human beings that my head would pop off of my shoulders and go flying around the room, like a balloon when the air escapes.

He s Devoted 15 Years To Helping Haiti Now This Maine Resident Is Looking For A Successor

Konbit Sante Executive Director Nate Nickerson, photographed at Maine Public s Portland studios, Nate Nickerson is looking for someone to take over the work he s done for the past 15 years for Haiti. Nickerson is the executive director of Konbit Sante, an organization whose name translates roughly into working together for health. The group provides equipment, clinical skills training, and management expertise in a particular region of the country. Konbit Sante had been established in Haiti for almost a decade when, in 2010, a historic earthquake reduced much of the country s infrastructure to literal rubble.  It s been a decade since that disaster. Last week, Nickerson talked with Maine Public s Morning Edition host Irwin Gratz about the aid his organization provided at that time, and how it s addressing ongoing issues to rebuild.

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