Lidia Jean Kott is a former producer of the BBC World Service program Boston Calling, and also formerly a producer for PRI's The World.
Lidia Jean Kott is a former producer of the BBC World Service program Boston Calling, and also formerly a producer for PRI's The World.
A small church in Massachusetts is making a big impact on asylum-seekers with its LGBT Task Force.
John Mollo, the Star Wars costume designer who died recently at age 87, was a military history buff.
Antifa became the buzzword of the summer after racially motivated protests in Charlottesville. But where did this word come from and how did Antifa become a movement in the US? Find out.
Over the course of her career, she’s rescued 12 people after earthquakes and other disasters in Mexico, Haiti and Ecuador.
“It’s crazy that those four words were so impactful,” says Lesego Legobane. “I didn’t even dream of getting 10 retweets.”
An English teacher in Spain might be responsible for convincing the Beatles to include lyrics in the liner notes on their albums.
The protests in Charlottesville drew a large crowd of counter-protesters — people opposed to the racism, white nationalism and other forms of hate espoused by many of the protesters who came for the "Unite the Right" protest.
The World's Lidia Jean Kott was in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend.
There's been such a huge influx of asylum-seekers — mostly Haitians coming from the US into Canada — that the facilities normally used to house new arrivals have run out of space.
This month, the women's national team went to England to compete in the Lacrosse World Cup, and they were able to travel on their tribal passports, which is a big deal.