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Azza Al Shmasani alights from her car after driving in defiance of the ban in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 2011.
Conflict & Justice
Women take the wheel across the Middle East, and not everyone is pleased
Mexicans are debating the role junk food plays in  Mexico's national obesity rate.
Health & Medicine
Mexico’s lawmakers are trying to reduce the appetite for sugary, fizzy drinks with new law
Global Politics
Maybe the US has been spying on friends, what else is new?
Sports
On the ball field there’s only one language that matters — baseball
Merkel
Global Politics
The assumption is all countries spy on each other, but only one country has an eavesdropping nuclear weapon
Dancers relax after performing during a Diwali Festival in Silicon Valley
Arts, Culture & Media
Silicon Valley gets linguistic enlightenment from India
Vieux Farka Touré
Arts, Culture & Media
Vieux Farka Touré follows in the footsteps of his famous father
Jazz saxophone great Igor Butman
Arts, Culture & Media
Growing up without religion in the Soviet Union, believing in jazz
Filmmaker Mark Cousins during this six-year filming of The Story of Film, shooting the skyline of Hong Kong with a statue of hometown hero and martial artist Bruce Lee in the foreground.
Arts, Culture & Media
‘The Story of Film’ took 6 years to make. You can see it in 15 hours.
Blanca Alva, Peru's historian in charge of protecting the country's "cultural patrimony," confiscating illegal handicrafts.
Arts, Culture & Media
A woman dodges rocks and Molotov cocktails to protect Peru’s ancient sites
Music Heard on Air
Music Heard on the Air for October 25, 2013
Three seniors perform a song at COSAT.
Development & Education
School Year Blog: Students celebrate Senior Day with musical performances
Two seniors at COSAT
Development & Education
School Year Blog: For low-income students, life after high school can be daunting