Founded in 2004, the Amawtay Wasi University is the only Indigenous university in Ecuador, and one of only a handful of Indigenous universities across South America. Roughly 2,000 students study there ...

The Kiruna Church and its famed belfry are being moved this week along a three-mile route to a new city center. The move is part of Kiruna’s relocation, because the world’s largest underground ...

Chicago has so many ethnic enclaves — it has Greektown, it has Chinatown. But what happened to the Lake View Japanese American community, and where did it go? The answer is directly tied to a Chicago ...

Apiwe Nxasani-Mawela launched her craft brewery Tolokazi Beer in 2021 — making her South Africa’s first Black female brewery owner. Now, she’s teaching the next generation of female brewers how to ...

Since 1972, a brotherhood of monks who have left the Greek Orthodox Church have retained control of the Esphigmenou Monastery on Mt. Athos. “Rebel monks” have effectively been squatting in a monastery ...

China and India are beginning to view each other as possible allies — instead of historic adversaries. It’s one of the side-effects of new US trade policy, which includes imposing significant tariffs ...

Host Marco Werman remembers composer and musician Jamshied Sharifi. He created a sound that echoed his family’s roots in Iran, making it a part of his own work, whether it was for his own ensemble, ...

For many Ukrainians living abroad, Russia’s invasion of their country became a moment of reevaluation. Some began to rethink ...

China and India are beginning to view each other as possible allies — instead of historic adversaries — one of the ...

Globally, plastic producers make more than 400 million tons of plastic each year. But less than 10% is ever recycled. So what happens to the rest? In Indonesia, some of it is burned during the tofu ...

Chappell Roan has name-dropped Los Angeles and Tennessee in hit songs of albums past. But on “The Subway,” out this month, the pop star mentions a Canadian province. Now, that province is getting a ...

Latin Grammy winner and Brazilian soul icon Liniker has been a musical trailblazer since 2015. Her latest album is Caju. It’s a ground-breaking album for the artist, not just musically, but also ...