In Ulaanbaatar, a small women's rights group is using comic books to nurture Mongolian women's ambitions.

• By Katya Cengel

Caleb Byerly works with indigenous communities to rediscover—and rebuild—their people's lost instruments.

• By Tony Rehagen

Miranda Massie hopes the Climate Museum in New York City can convince visitors to be better stewards of the climate—by appealing at once to their intellect and their emotions.

• By Amy Brady

With her pioneering courses, Annie Delgado is filling in the gaps left by more traditional curricula.

• By Sarah Fuss Kessler

In SupremacyLand, visitors are forced to examine how they respond to overt expressions of racial bigotry.

• By Suzanne Cope

The playwright and actress' one-woman shows are deeply political—but she isn't here to preach.

• By Tom Jacobs

At the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, readers and writers celebrate the lyrical beauty of rural existence.

• By Max Ufberg

Walter Cole has spent the past 50 years performing at his club in Portland. During that time he became an icon and leader in the community.

• By Melissa Locker

Rafa Esparza's adobe installations serve as a backdrop for the work of others, but they also tell Esparza's own story—and that of his immigrant parents.

• By Willy Blackmore

India's first English-language lifestyle magazine in Braille is bringing quizzes, fashion stories, and inspirational profiles to the biggest blind population in the world.

• By Priti Salian

As political instability roils the Central African Republic, neighbors are accusing neighbors of practicing the dark arts.

• By Laura Angela Bagnetto

Eva Kor survived Auschwitz and Josef Mengele. Today, she's healing by telling her story.

• By Tony Rehagen