Lifestyle

August 19, 2019

Rachel Engmann, a professor at Hampshire College, found her surname in a slave castle in Accra, Ghana, and decided to do some digging.

Resistance and collaboration: Asameni and the keys to Christiansborg Castle in Accra

The Conversation

August 16, 2019

The story of how Christiansborg Castle’s keys come to be at the Bogyawe Palace is an intriguing one.

Religion

Megachurches, home churches, podcasts: American evangelicals are ‘not a monolith’

PRI's The World

August 14, 2019

As the 2020 presidential campaign heats up, evangelical Christians will be getting more and more attention in the news media. They always do during election season. But people who identify as evangelical or born-again Christians are more than just a voting bloc. Evangelicals make up a huge swath of the US population.

Lifestyle & Belief

A small, Catholic, Midwestern farming town embraces an Indian ‘hugging saint’

PRI's The World

August 13, 2019

Devotees believe that a single hug from Amma — known as a “universal mother” plugged into a divine, infinite energy source — can heal the world.

Development & Education

A summer camp experience may be more important than ever in today's digital world

Living on Earth

August 09, 2019

Summer camp for youngsters began in the late 1800s as an escape from urban industrialization. Nowadays, traditional summer camps offer a respite from technology and an opportunity to use nature as a classroom.

Without respect for Indigenous rights, climate change will worsen, UN says

GlobalPost

August 09, 2019

On Thursday, a special report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) highlighted the key role of traditional landholders and the importance for governments to recognize the land rights of those groups over the territory they inhabit and manage.

Lifestyle & Belief

How did tourism become so popular?

Innovation Hub

August 09, 2019

Tourism is a multi-trillion dollar industry, but how did it start? A history professor breaks down the origins of modern tourism and explains the impact it has had on our world today — good and bad.

Climate Change

In 'Hadestown,' Greek mythology and climate change come to Broadway

Living on Earth

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 & Justice

What Western media got wrong about China’s social credit system

PRI's The World

July 29, 2019

Much of the Western media narrative on China's social credit system has been outright false. As part of a collaboration between Wired magazine and The World, we take a look at what the system actually looks like, and how it really works.

The soundtrack of Puerto Rico's protests

PRI's The World

July 24, 2019

Puerto Rican singer iLe is one of many high-profile artists who've spoken out in support of the protesters in Puerto Rico. And one of her songs titled “Afilando Los Cuchillos” or “Sharpening the Knives” is part of the soundtrack for Puerto Rico’s political crisis.

Lifestyle

A professor with Ghanaian roots unearths a slave castle’s history — and her own

Resistance and collaboration: Asameni and the keys to Christiansborg Castle in Accra

Megachurches, home churches, podcasts: American evangelicals are ‘not a monolith’

A small, Catholic, Midwestern farming town embraces an Indian ‘hugging saint’

A summer camp experience may be more important than ever in today's digital world

Without respect for Indigenous rights, climate change will worsen, UN says

How did tourism become so popular?

In 'Hadestown,' Greek mythology and climate change come to Broadway

What Western media got wrong about China’s social credit system

The soundtrack of Puerto Rico's protests

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