How global forces helped shape American democracy

The Haitian soccer star who turned the World Cup upside-down — and then disappeared

Historians say more details about the lives of enslaved Africans need to be taught

The Whitney Plantation in Louisiana focuses on the history and contributions of enslaved Africans

Tale of a Turkish ferry: A day working on Istanbul’s 175-year-old transport system

An Azerbaijani city rises from ruins

Inside the trial shaking Vienna’s long tolerance for spies

‘Mexodus’ musical introduces audiences to a different Underground Railroad for people fleeing slavery

At a time of crisis for Haiti, a filmmaker reflects on past US intervention

A brief history of US, Israeli and Iranian relations

The Americas’ last prison island has become a tourist destination

A new South African video heist game robs museums to return African art

Albania embarks on a controversial film restoration project

First animated feature made by, for and about Muslims hits US and Canadian theaters this weekend

How Haitian ordnance wound up in the Adirondack Mountains

A thrift store donation in Canada may turn out to be priceless ancient artifacts

Artisans in Paris revive the old art of handpainted signs

An afternoon at the iconic Martyrs’ Café in Baghdad

Two decades in the making, the Grand Egyptian Museum building is as intriguing as its artifacts

A discussion about Kabul’s iconic hotel through the years

‘Dobre Dobre’: A cookbook that highlights Polish and Jewish baking traditions

The curious case of UyghurEdit++

Silencing a kindergarten

Chinese American novelist shares story tied to iconic ‘Tank Man’ that inspired his new book

A look at the intriguing history of rope

The last king of Hawaii was the first world leader to embark on a global diplomacy tour in 1881

A place where they haven’t raised the rent in 500 years

Deciphering ancient artifacts with a lost language used by women in Zambia

20 years after London’s deadliest bombings, extremist threat grows more complex

Historic hotel, symbol of Haiti’s past, burns amid gang violence

Immersive shrine installation comes with chanting and controversy

Meet the 80-year-old woman who repairs Mexico City’s iconic hand-cranked organs

Israel strikes Iran’s nuclear sites and kills its top generals. Iran vows ‘severe’ retaliation

The ‘1975’ project helps Vietnamese refugee families open up about their past

For this photographer, the fall of Assad means a rediscovery of his home country

How tequila crossed the Mexican border and won over Americans

Canadian runner to retrace impressive family history at Boston Marathon

For more than a century, a synagogue known as the ‘Carnegie Hall of Brooklyn’ has been home to the US’ greatest cantors

Bringing history back to life: How Iranians are reviving old homes into cultural gems

A decades old Catalan musical may be ending its run, but its message still resonates today

This Scottish peat bog has become an unlikely tourist attraction

A father-daughter duo brings an ancient art form to Instagram

Preserving the world’s earliest mummies in Chile

Some people on Indonesia’s Simeulue island relied on folklore to escape the 2004 tsunami

Holy Catholic relics from shuttered institutions are preserved on a New York campus

‘A whole bunch of goodness’: Chef Alexander Smalls talks about new cookbook of African home cooking

Native Americans hold National Day of Mourning on Thanksgiving in solidarity with Indigenous struggles around the globe

This 100-year-old synagogue tells a unique story about Jews in Finland 

How the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is still shaping the fraught relationship between Armenia and Azerbaijan

The Bambir, one of Armenia’s biggest rock bands, is still going strong after 40 years 

After more than a century, women take a formal role in New Bedford’s massive Madeiran Feast

An ancient Yemenite delicacy is passed down through generations

Palestinian arrests in the West Bank have skyrocketed

Juneteenth offers a ‘window into the complexity’ of US history with slavery, says author

Colombia joins efforts to boycott Israel — but other countries in the region take a more cautious approach