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Are There Americans in Iran Right Now? The Hidden Community You Didn't Know Existed

Are There Americans in Iran Right Now? The Hidden Community You Didn't Know Existed

This might surprise you: there are Americans in Iran right now. Not many, and they're not there casually but they exist, and their stories paint a more nuanced picture of US-Iran relations than the headlines suggest. Who Are the Americans in Iran?...

Littleton, Colorado and Australia: The Surprising Sister-City Bond

Littleton, Colorado and Australia: The Surprising Sister-City Bond

Tucked into the southern suburbs of Denver, Littleton, Colorado doesn't scream "international city." It's quiet, tree-lined, and mostly known to outsiders for its historic Main Street and proximity to the Rocky Mountains. But visit the right corner o...

Why Is Puerto Rico Part of the USA? The Full Story

Why Is Puerto Rico Part of the USA? The Full Story

When you arrive at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, you do not clear customs or immigration. The currency is the US dollar. Signs are in English and Spanish. Police drive Ford Explorers with lights and sirens identical to those...

Brighton Beach, Brooklyn: New York's Russian Neighbourhood Explained

Brighton Beach, Brooklyn: New York's Russian Neighbourhood Explained

On the southern tip of Brooklyn, where the elevated B and Q train lines ride above Brighton Beach Avenue and the boardwalk runs east from Coney Island, there is a neighbourhood unlike anywhere else in the United States. The storefronts are in Cyrilli...

How People Got Around Los Angeles in the 1940s — And How It Explains Everything About the City Today

How People Got Around Los Angeles in the 1940s — And How It Explains Everything About the City Today

Everyone knows Los Angeles as a car city. Five-lane freeways, parking minimums, the 405 at rush hour, the assumption that no one walks anywhere. But this wasn't always the case — and the story of how Los Angeles transformed from one of the world's be...

The Happiest State in America: Why Hawaii Tops the List

The Happiest State in America: Why Hawaii Tops the List

When Gallup and other major wellbeing research organizations rank American states for happiness, one name surfaces repeatedly at the top: Hawaii. Despite its high cost of living, geographic isolation, and limited job market in certain sectors, Hawaii...

Puerto Ricans: Who Are They and How Do They Feel About Americans?

Puerto Ricans: Who Are They and How Do They Feel About Americans?

Puerto Ricans call themselves Boricuas — from Boriquén, the name the Taíno Indigenous people gave to the island. It is a term of deep cultural pride, used in music, in political speech, in everyday conversation. When Bad Bunny performs at the Super B...

Kevin Costner and Colorado: Why the Yellowstone Star Keeps Coming Back to the Centennial State

Kevin Costner and Colorado: Why the Yellowstone Star Keeps Coming Back to the Centennial State

Kevin Costner has spent four decades building one of Hollywood's most distinctive careers, from Bull Durham and Field of Dreams to Dances with Wolves and the global phenomenon Yellowstone. Throughout it all, one thread has remained constant: a deep, ...

LGBT Spaces and Events Beyond Gay Bars in Puerto Rico

LGBT Spaces and Events Beyond Gay Bars in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico's LGBT community is one of the most visible, organised, and culturally embedded in the Caribbean and Latin America. Beyond the bar and club scene, the island has queer-affirming spaces, organisations, events, and a cultural fabric that ma...

Doing Business in Armenia: Opportunities, Culture, and Practical Guide

Doing Business in Armenia: Opportunities, Culture, and Practical Guide

Armenia punches well above its weight in business. A landlocked country of under 3 million people with no oil wealth, Armenia has built a reputation as the Caucasus's tech and startup hub — with a well-educated workforce, favourable tax conditions, a...