An ornamental plant whose white flowers hang over graveyards and temples in Southeast Asia presents complicated questions on national belonging and religious identity.

According to some political scientists, it's more about group identity than personal interests.

Ever since it was founded as a republic in 1923, Turkey has struggled with its so-called Kurdish issue.

The Chipko activists of 1970s and ‘80s India saved their forests by calling attention to the deep interdependence between humans and the natural world.

How noble lords and ladies, terrified of poison, unknowingly poisoned themselves on a daily basis.

Healing ceremonies showed that monarchs ruled by God’s will, as divine power worked through anointed hands.

Anthropologist Jennifer Musto looked at how the rise in concern about sex trafficking, particularly in regard to the domestic trafficking of underage girls, actually plays out in policing.