Two men's lives crossed in Iraq in 2007. This year, their lives crossed again, in the US.

Cartoonist Angel Boligán left Cuba 25 years ago but the influences of his upbringing still come through in his drawings.

John Mollo, the Star Wars costume designer who died recently at age 87, was a military history buff.

As identity politics continues to play out in Catalonia — between Catalans who want independence from Spain and a government that wants to keep it part of Spain — we hear from the band Txarango.

Annie Baker writes plays that are full of awkward silences. Is that why some people love them, while others walk out?

The author was at the end of her summer break when Hurricane Katrina struck her hometown of Delisle, Mississippi.

Taylor Mac isn’t your typical drag performer. For one thing, Taylor made a 24-hour revue of American pop music that goes all the way back to the Revolutionary War.

A Syrian mother in Massachusetts worried her young daughter was losing her formal Arabic — fusha. So, she came up with a plan that involved cartoons dubbed in Arabic.

In 1974, Africa's top performers shared a stage in Zaire with James Brown, B.B. King and other global stars. But only now are the African groups being heard. Hugh Masekela and Stewart Levine organized the '74 concert and helped compile the double-CD "Zaire 74: The African Performers."

What is it like for immigrants who have won the green card lottery?