Community

Once marginalized, Mexico City’s sonidero parties draw crowds across social divides

Culture

Once dismissed as working-class “noise,” sonidero DJs are now part of Mexico City’s cultural identity — and women are helping lead the transformation.

In Damascus, stand-up comedians test the limits under a new government

Syria

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

Sacred Spaces

Community, conversation, music: How people are tackling eco-anxiety around the world

Climate Change

Bhutanese refugees stuck in Nepal remain in limbo

Refugees

Astropical band fuses electronic music with Caribbean rhythms in an ‘optimistic’ album that ‘takes you to beach’

Arts, Culture & Media

Two of the biggest bands from South America are joining forces to give their people something to dance to through tough times.

‘Nowhere is safe’: The teenage guitarists who fled Afghanistan — and are now in limbo

Conflict & Justice

A group of Afghan teenage girls once found hope through music. They were then forced to escape Taliban rule and take refuge in Pakistan. Now, Pakistan wants to send them back.

The life and legacy of Pope Francis

Obituary

Pope Francis, who died on Monday at the age of 88, was the first Latin American and Jesuit pontiff. He was also the first to choose the name Francis, dedicating his life to working with the poor and society’s outcasts. Global leaders have expressed their condolences as the Vatican arranges his funeral for Saturday.

Canadian runner to retrace impressive family history at Boston Marathon

Sports

Tom Longboat was the Boston Marathon’s first Indigenous champion back in 1907. Today, his great-great-grandson, Kristian Jamieson, hopes to continue this special family tradition as a runner in Monday’s 129th annual race.

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

Sacred Spaces

New York, among other cities around the globe, has been the epicenter of virtuosic cantorial performance of Jewish liturgy through melody. Now, there is an attempt to revive the practice.