About 15 cities around the country have passed their own anti-discrimination ordinances but none have quite followed through with the vigor and determination as Quezon City, a bustling metropolis about 9 miles from the Philippine capital of Manila.
The last people in Mexico who speak a language called Huave live on a remote stretch of the Pacific coast. But an ongoing conflict over clean energy has pitted the Huave against each other. Now some of the last Huave speakers no longer talk to each other.
Bren Bataclan is a Filipino American artist who first came to the US when he was 12 years old. Now, he's a professional artist who shares his immigrant experience through his paintings. He's also gives his paintings away to make people smile.
The government of Japan estimates that there are a half million people there who are "hikikomori" — shut-ins who've barely left their homes for six months. But the number could be much higher.
A small corner of the city is becoming a gathering spot for Mexicans who lived in the United States for years and now find themselves back in Mexico, by force or choice.
“No-one is going to move back,” concedes Shuker, 62, who had to escape Iraq in 1971. “However there are many who would be very receptive to visiting their shrines and where there ancestors are buried. The Iraqi Jewish community is the most ardent Jewish community, probably anywhere, that is so attached to its birthplace, because of its history.”
Italian actress and activist Asia Argento, one of the first women to accuse Harvey Weinstein of sexual abuse, came under a lot of backlash in her native Italy. Still, Argento says she doesn’t regret her action and hopes she can change some of Italy’s misogynist culture.
The Shinchonji Church of Jesus was founded in South Korea back in 1984 by a man whose followers call him, "the promised pastor." The group has grown in its home country and expanded into Western nations. But not without notoriety.
Until a few years ago, farmers could fix and upgrade their own large farm equipment, including tractors. But that's changed as tractors have become more high-tech.
The conversation about events in Ferguson involves race, but maybe not in the way you think. While a new study showed that most white Americans don't have non-white friends, many people say it shouldn't be taken as an indicator of personal racism but rather large-scale issues that deserve the real attention.
Memory can be slippery, especially when there's incentive to forget, or misremember. In the Polish village of Jedwabne, residents long said Nazis were responsible for the massacre, one hot day in July 1941, of hundreds of Jews in the village. Then evidence emerged that the villagers of Jedwabne had killed their own neighbors.
Shakespeare's London theater was only one of many open at the turn of the 17th century. A new project is aiming to rediscover some of those forgotten masterpieces.
It's Nobel Prize season. While scientists throughout the world will be awarded this prestigious prize, there's a good chance all of their research was written up in English. Michael Gordin, a professor of the history of science at Princeton, wrote a new book, "Scientific Babel" that explores the intersection of the history of language and science.
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This apocalyptic Korean Christian group goes by different names. Critics say it's just a cult.
PRI's The World
July 11, 2017
The Shinchonji Church of Jesus was founded in South Korea back in 1984 by a man whose followers call him, "the promised pastor." The group has grown in its home country and expanded into Western nations. But not without notoriety.
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Nebraska farmers are relying on Ukrainian hackers to fix their tractors
PRI's The World
March 31, 2017
Until a few years ago, farmers could fix and upgrade their own large farm equipment, including tractors. But that's changed as tractors have become more high-tech.
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Here's why you should care if you don't have any black friends
The Takeaway
August 28, 2014
The conversation about events in Ferguson involves race, but maybe not in the way you think. While a new study showed that most white Americans don't have non-white friends, many people say it shouldn't be taken as an indicator of personal racism but rather large-scale issues that deserve the real attention.
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Seeking the long-lost 'City of the Monkey God' in dense Honduras jungle
PRI's The World
January 04, 2017
A new book tells the story of the treacherous scientific expedition that re-discovered a lost civilization.
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How a massacre of a village's Jews by their neighbors in WWII Poland is remembered — and misremembered
Whose Century Is It?
March 24, 2017
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Memory can be slippery, especially when there's incentive to forget, or misremember. In the Polish village of Jedwabne, residents long said Nazis were responsible for the massacre, one hot day in July 1941, of hundreds of Jews in the village. Then evidence emerged that the villagers of Jedwabne had killed their own neighbors.
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Why every Korean kid knows not to keep the fan on over night
PRI's The World
November 04, 2014
There's a superstition that Korean parents tell their kids: If you go to sleep with an electric fan running in your room, you might die.
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Guess what? Shakespeare didn't start the theater scene in England.
PRI's The World
March 02, 2017
Shakespeare's London theater was only one of many open at the turn of the 17th century. A new project is aiming to rediscover some of those forgotten masterpieces.
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Fighting to put a woman on the $20 bill
The Takeaway
March 18, 2015
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It's time, one group says, to end the monopoly of men on US paper currency. President Barack Obama thinks it's about time, too.
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How did English become the language of science?
The World in Words
October 06, 2014
It's Nobel Prize season. While scientists throughout the world will be awarded this prestigious prize, there's a good chance all of their research was written up in English. Michael Gordin, a professor of the history of science at Princeton, wrote a new book, "Scientific Babel" that explores the intersection of the history of language and science.
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The 'alt-right' and white outrage around the world: An explainer
PRI's The World
November 25, 2016
The US alt-right is a mishmash of people dissatisfied with the Republican establishment and focused on the prosperity of white people.