Culture

December 25, 2018

Tamales are central to Latino holiday celebrations. Some families buy dozens at markets and others gather around a kitchen table to assemble them.

Cosmonauts and corncobs: A peek at some Soviet-era holiday ornaments

PRI's The World

December 25, 2018

Cosmonauts and corncobs on a Christmas tree? Scratch that ... on a New Year's Day tree! That's what you'd find on a holiday tree if you were in the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

Arts, Culture & Media

For black GIs in Saigon, ‘Soul Alley’ was an oasis of food and vice

PRI's The World

December 24, 2018

A documentary by Houston filmmaker Ted Irving captures an oral history of this forgotten oasis for African American GIs.

Religion

China's new anti-Christmas campaign leaves citizens celebrating in secret

Global Voices Online

December 24, 2018

Christmas is approaching but instead of feeling joyful, many in mainland China have expressed frustration over China's ideological campaign against Christmas as a Western festival.

10 global #MeToo stories you might’ve missed in 2018

PRI's The World

December 24, 2018

#MeToo took off in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, but it spread around the globe in 2018.

Yalitza Aparicio challenges stereotypes in debut role in 'Roma'

PRI's The World

December 21, 2018

The first-time actress was a preschool teacher before she was cast in Alfonso Cuaron's newest film. Now she's the cover of Vogue Mexico.

Food

Tokyo’s mom-and-pop sushi bars struggle to survive

Reuters

December 21, 2018

Eiraku is the last surviving sushi bar in a cluttered neighborhood in an obscure area of Tokyo. Caught between the rarified world of $300 dinners and the brutal efficiency of chain-restaurants, mom-and-pop shops like Eiraku are fast disappearing.

These fourth graders penned climate change poetry inspired by our coverage

PRI's The World

December 21, 2018

A story from The World inspired a Boston 4th grader to write a poem about climate change and the Amazon. Then her whole class got into the act.

Food

The Brazilian Christmas dinner is incomplete without this dish

PRI's The World

December 21, 2018

The Christmas dinner menu in Brazil is just as shaped by history and politics as everything else.

Guilty Pleasures

Guilty Pleasure: The anthropological whiteness of Hallmark Channel Christmas movies

Studio 360

December 20, 2018

Why a black Muslim prison reform activist became an aficionado of the all-white world of Hallmark Christmas movies.

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