Lifestyle & Belief
Living on Earth
November 19, 2016
Americans discard about 100 billion plastic bags each year. Some states and municipalities have passed measures banning or limiting their use. In Western Massachusetts, a more individualized approach has emerged. It's called The BagShare Project.
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Lifestyle & Belief
So, how long have you been harassing women like this?
PRI's The World
November 12, 2013
Updated
For women in Egypt, harassment on the street is a constant. Reporter Julia Simon got so tired of it that one day, she decided to interview the man harassing her.
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Lifestyle & Belief
I'm white in Barcelona but in Los Angeles I'm Hispanic?
PRI's The World
October 28, 2015
What does it mean to be white? And what does it mean to be Hispanic? Being a Spaniard from Barcelona, Jaime Gonzalez always considered himself to be European and white. But as a BBC reporter working in California — he has found that many Americans see him differently.
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Lifestyle & Belief
Breakaway Buddhists take aim at the Dalai Lama
PRI's The World
October 31, 2014
The Dalai Lama prohibits his followers from praying to what he considers the malevolent deity of Dorje Shugden. But adherents of this practice, many of them western converts, say the Tibetan religious leader is guilty of persecution.
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Lifestyle & Belief
The French want to make society safe for religion by banning so-called cults
PRI's The World
July 12, 2014
In France, government-funded agencies help people save their loved ones from so-called cults. But that list includes groups like the Jehovah's Witnesses and, not too long ago, Baptists. Some of them are now fighting back in courts.
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Lifestyle & Belief
She's an imam in LA and doesn't have patience for a strict interpretation of Islam
BBC News
July 17, 2015
Updated
Ani Zonneveld started as a Grammy award-winning songwriter. Now she spends her time challenging conservative interpretation of her Muslim faith and has become an imam that embraces gender equality, gay rights and interfaith marriage.
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Lifestyle & Belief
Singles now outnumber married people in America — and that's a good thing
The Takeaway
September 14, 2014
In 1950, singles were just 22 percent of the adult population. Now, they've taken over. More than half of American adults are single, and that may have some surprising benefits — from the way people join civic groups and socialize to how they take part in the lives of their hometowns.
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Lifestyle & Belief
I'm a woman in America, and I wasn't allowed to drive
PRI's The World
January 22, 2015
Saudi Arabia may be the only country where women aren't allowed to drive, but it’s not the only place where woman are forbidden from getting behind the wheel. It even happens in some communities in the US.
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Lifestyle & Belief
German atheists seek recognition for 'Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster'
PRI's The World
February 23, 2015
Updated
Church membership in Germany has been on the decline in recent decades. But an atheist from the town of Templin believes organized religion still has unfair advantages in German society.
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Lifestyle & Belief
Fake HIV/AIDS cures persist around the world
GlobalPost
October 18, 2012
A list of some of the most outrageous claims of finding a cure to AIDS
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Lifestyle & Belief
A Filipino restaurant owner says shame may be one reason authentic Filipino food has not become mainstream
PRI's The World
February 13, 2014
Nicole Ponseca, founder of Maharlika and Jeepney in the East Village, wants Filipino food to stand on its own two feet in the American market. Unlike what some of her contemporaries have said, she thinks America is ready for offals.