Arts, Culture & Media

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July 30, 2019

“Hadestown" retells the Greek myths of Orpheus and Eurydice, Hades and Persephone in a Great Depression-inspired, post-apocalyptic setting. The show infuses themes of isolationism, worker exploitation and climate change with New Orleans jazz, folk and pop music.

Conflict

Yemeni women activists escape war with the help of a global, underground network

GlobalPost

July 29, 2019

Targeted with arbitrary arrests and detentions in Yemen, women activists escape through Peace Track Initiative, a coordinated network of support that takes referrals on a case-by-case basis depending on the gravity of the threat.

Global Politics

Learn how to be a spy from previously unpublished KGB training manuals

PRI's The World

July 26, 2019

A new project aims to translate never-before-published Soviet-era KGB espionage manuals into English.

Arts, Culture & Media

HBO's 'Ice on Fire' focuses on solutions to the grave dangers posed by climate change

Living on Earth

July 26, 2019

The Earth is warming and changing faster than many climate scientists had predicted, and at times the future looks impossibly grim. A new HBO documentary focuses on the practical and accessible solutions to climate change already at hand.

Refugees

Young migrants and refugees in Greece wanted to be heard. So they started their own newspaper.

GlobalPost

July 25, 2019

Migratory Birds, which boasts a bimonthly circulation of 13,000, is one of the only refugee-led initiatives in Greece left still standing.

Music

Can Nipsey Hussle’s death bring peace to LA’s gangs?

Studio 360

July 25, 2019

The rapper’s murder inspired a summit in Compton where rival gangs discussed a path to peace.

Arts

Dreaming up a new ‘Dream Ballet’ for ‘Oklahoma!’

Studio 360

July 25, 2019

How to update a classic piece of Broadway choreography.

Arts

The craft of John Leguizamo’s theatrical schizophrenia

Studio 360

July 25, 2019

How the comedian dissolves into multitudes of characters, from his mother to Andrew Jackson, in his one-man plays.

Health & Medicine

Former NBA star Dikembe Mutombo is on a mission to beat Ebola in DR Congo

PRI's The World

July 25, 2019

In a recent public service announcement produced by Mutombo for DR Congo, he speaks directly into the camera and tells viewers that Ebola is real and offers tips on how to prevent it and get treatment.

Food

Olive oil company unites Cyprus with a ‘taste of peace’

GlobalPost

July 25, 2019

Since 1974, the island of Cyprus has been divided by a ceasefire "Green Line" that separates the majority-Greek south from the Turkish-occupied north. Now, two friends from both sides of the divide are pressing olives for peace.

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