Ellis Cose, contributing editor and columnist for Newsweek magazine, is one of America's most renowned journalists and the author of several important books on issues of national and international concern.



Featured Project

"Against the Odds" is a series of one-hour radio documentaries about people in America and around the world facing and overcoming potentially crippling life challenges.
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The pilot radio documentary  traces the journey of a young Somali, Abass Mohamed, from a refugee camp in Northeastern Kenya and manages to get himself from there toPrinceton University.
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Ivy League Refugee

   Additonal Video:
  "Against The Odds (Intro)"
  "When A Child is Born"

Radio Interviews
"Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders,"
Jean Feraca interviews Ellis Cose and features segments from Against the Odds.

"Great Expectations: Beating the Odds,"
News & Notes features Ellis Cose on its "Great Expectations" series—an NRP program that focuses on people who have achieved greatness against adversity.


"NEW RADIO SHOW TO AIR TRIUMPHS
OF THE UNDERDOG"

Clem Richarson of the NY Daily News reports


"The President and Civil Rights" (Moderated by Ellis Cose)




'WHY I WRITE'

A NEWSWEEK COLUMN

BY ELLIS COSE


IT WAS ALWAYS HEADED HERE

ANEWSWEEK COLUMN

BY ELLIS COSE

Chicago Urban League's Annual Report Luncheon 2008



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