Industrial pollution is a major problem in China, where massive, low-cost manufacturing has taken priority over environmental protection. But that may finally be changing as awareness about the impact of China’s rapid industrialization grows. One of the people working to … More →

November 13, 2015

For decades, the Indian government has encouraged pilgrims to come to one of India’s holiest locations, the ancient city of Bodh Gaya. Now there is an effort to revive the Buddhist university that once flourished there long before universities like Cambridge and Oxford were founded in the West. More →

September 6, 2013

The widespread crisis in Japan is marked by ongoing relief efforts and acknowledgment of the impermanence of life. More →

March 18, 2011

A new book chronicles the people and places across Africa and Asia where Islam and Christianity meet and often clash. More →

October 15, 2010