The nonprofit KulturRaum München enables access to culture for low income residents in Munich – but cultural participation often requires more than a free ticket
NAPLES, ITALY
NAPLES, ITALY
NEW ORLEANS, LA, USA
NEW ORLEANS, LA, USA
Guyanese Glenda Obermuller’s personal story led to the founding of the first Black Library in Cologne, Germany, the land of her great-grandfather
Storytelling has the ability to change our emotional and social behavior; the project “Libraries on Prescription” in Greece explores its healing power
Winter cycling veteran star Pekka Tahkola on why his fellow residents in Oulu, Finland, don’t give up urban cycling even with snow for five months
A community-led initiative revives a contemporary ruin in its quest to fight against the excessive privatization of public space in Bangkok
Redevelopment efforts by private landowners in London’s edgy Soho are so damaging that the survival of a Tesco chain supermarket has become activists’ latest cause
LONDON, UK
In one Dutch city, tracking lobbying that would otherwise remain mostly undisclosed shows how much better policies could be in the whole country
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS
NEW ORLEANS, LA, USA
BARCELONA, SPAIN
SãO PAULO, STATE OF SãO PAULO, BRAZIL
“Libraries are more than repositories. They are sites of heritage and action.”
NAIROBI, KENYA
“As those spaces were filling up with people, it was evident that there was interest. People wanted to see another type of comedy.”
MEXICO CITY
“Religious property is actually working against our religious objectives.”
MONTREAL, CANADA
'Through my art I am trying to transmit a positive message to other women to wage the war with non-violent alternatives'.
ADEN, YEMEN
“I would have never imagined many of the things we did in the last eight years together. A settler right winged Israeli and a Palestinian, right?”
BERLIN, GERMANY
"By uniting over personal political preferences our debate became much more public."
BARCELONA, SPAIN
"While cycling I realized that, although 80 percent of Salvador's population is black or of mixed race, mostly only whites were using bikes.”
SALVADOR, BAHIA, BRAZIL
“Instead of pretending like there’s nothing happening around here [Southward], there are lots of talents in the community. Let’s show everybody what we’ve got.”
LONDON, UK