Diaspora

Yemeni vendors display various types of dry goods at a traditional market as food prices rise, in Sanaa, Yemen, Oct. 1, 2022.

Yemenis say their country is about more than war and humanitarian aid

Conflict & Justice

Since the Yemen war began in 2014, Western journalists have been telling the world about the fighting, the human toll and the geopolitical underpinnings of the conflict. Many reports, even today, contain no Yemeni perspective. A new project is inviting Yemenis from across the country and in the diaspora to talk about their own experiences of war and daily lives. Host Marco Werman speaks with Nuha Al-Junaid, the Yemeni woman coordinating The Yemen Listening Project.

Armenian skyline with buildings and mountains

More Armenians in California are moving back to their parents’ native land

Culture
The directors of “Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire,” along with some other guests from Africa visit Disney studios to meet with filmmakers

Contemporary African animators make their mark on the international scene

Brayan Guevara in front of Irving Park Elementary School, in Greensboro, North Carolina, where he is a teacher's assistant, June 3, 2020.

This young Afro Latino teacher and voter wants to be a model for his students

Every 30 Seconds
A woman wearing a blue bandana covering her face dressed in white holds her hands out to block a riot police.

Migrant money could be keeping Nicaragua’s uprising alive

Conflict
People take photos with there phones of man standing in middle of a crowd

In the diaspora, Colombia’s presidential election is as much about the past as the future

Global Politics

Colombians in the US who remember the violence they left behind will likely vote for a far-right candidate.

Summer in the Global Village: LAMC 2013, Part One

Global Hit

The Latin Alternative Music Conference fanned out across New York City last week, bringing with it sounds from across the Spanish-speaking diaspora.

The World

New Diaspora: Online Project Documents the Greek Immigrant Experience

In Greece, youth unemployment is running at nearly 60 percent. Many young Greeks have left to find work. A web documentary project called New Diaspora aims to collect stories of the Greek immigrant experience.

Top of the Hour: Digital Diaspora Project, Morning Headlines

Filmmaker and artist, Thomas Allen-Harris has been working on the “Digital Diaspora Family Reunion,” a website for people of African descent to add their photos and stories. Marc Petzoldt with the International Organization for Migration reports from the Tunisia-Libya border.