Pulitzer Prize

Nikole Hannah-Jones, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist behind the 1619 Project, is being featured in a discussion of what commentators are calling the real education crisis in American schools. The piece frames her views on education inequality as central to a broader debate about how schools serve Black students and what reforms are genuinely needed.

A novelist whose previous book won the Pulitzer Prize has released a new novel that is failing commercially and critically, according to a New York Times report comparing the two books' fortunes. The piece examines why a writer at the height of literary prestige has not repeated the success, prompting discussion about prize momentum, reader expectations and how unpredictable book sales remain even for celebrated authors.