Kenny Sokan

Kenny Sokan was co-op student at PRI's The World for the winter 2016 semester.

Kenny Sokan was co-op student at PRI's The World for the winter 2016 semester.


The feet of a Tarahumara girl are seen in Guachochi November 30, 2011.

Mexico’s indigenous Raramuri have been suffering at the hands of narcos for decades

Conflict

“They’re not all ultra-marathon runners. They’re exceptionally strong and in great physical condition, but that doesn’t mean they’re physically ready to put on a 100-lb. pack and hike across extreme desert that they’ve never seen before in their life, facing unknown dangers.”

Icelandic band Kaleo.

Icelandic band Kaleo is taking the music world by storm

Music
John Cho attends the premiere of "Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay" in Los Angeles April 17, 2008.

#StarringJohnCho: Fed up with Hollywood’s whitewashing, one photoshop guru is recreating movie posters

Culture
BBC World Service presenter Nkem Ifejika.

Nkem Ifejika explains why he stopped anglicizing his name

Culture
Grande Ronde River in Oregon.

How trade shaped an Amerindian Creole in the Pacific Northwest

Culture
Anti-slavery crusader Harriet Tubman is seen in a picture from the Library of Congress taken photographer H.B. Lindsley between 1860 and 1870.

Harriet Tubman and her connection to a small church in Ontario

Culture

After the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act, which allowed the capture and return of slaves from states and territories in the US even where slavery was outlawed, Tubman began bringing slaves to Canada. On many occasions, Tubman brought runaway slaves to a church called Salem Chapel in St. Catharines, Ontario.

Mokoomba performing at 2016 Africa Now showcase in Apollo Theatre in Harlem. Mathias Muzaza is the lead singer.

Zimbabwean band Mokoomba gives a historical performance at the Apollo Theatre

Music

The band’s music incorporates rap, ska, soukous and Afro-Cuban tunes with their own traditional music. They sing in the Tonga language, which a majority of Zimbabweans don’t understand because they belong to the dominant Shoba ethnic group or Ndebele minority.

"Out the Box," done for Red Bull's One Upon A Town project, Kachelhoffer, Western Cape, South Africa 2015.

Here are three African street artists you should know

Arts

These three artists are working to get the continent’s graffiti community more visibility.

In 1888 Katz's Deli was the first Jewish American delicatessen to open in New York.

Pastrami on rye: A full-length history of the Jewish deli

Culture

“If you think about ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ for example, there’s no scene where Tevye and his family are sitting around eating pastrami sandwiches,” says Merwin. “This was like the caviar of eastern European Jewish life.”

Forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad flash victory signs and carry a Syrian national flag on the edge of the historic city of Palmyra in Homs Governorate, in this handout picture provided by SANA on March 26, 2016.

Syria recaptures the ancient city of Palmyra from ISIS

Conflict

Some of the city’s archaeological gems suffered serious damage under ISIS’s 10-month grip.