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Discover how an immigrant from Ghana, who began a new life in America washing dishes, became the first Muslim elected to the city council in Portland, Maine.Support the show

Follow a human rights lawyer as she marches in a conservative Israeli town's first-ever pride parade, fights discriminatory laws at the Knesset, organizes a Palestinian workers' collective, and returns home every night to an urban kibbutz. Support the show

Step into a classroom in Lahore, Pakistan and meet the founder of the school who is determined to fight gender inequity, and generational cycles of poverty, through education.Support the show

Walk alongside a community elder and emissary of peace as he meanders through the narrow streets of Al Arroub refugee camp in the West Bank and climbs the hills to the memorial of a Palestinian poet. Support the show

Go to high school in the south side of Chicago and meet a teen who studies hard, performs with her dance team, and teaches others how to save the lives of gunshot victims. Support the show

Drop by a music studio in Israel to meet a Palestinian rapper and a Jewish indie folk artist who met in the Negev and teamed up to combine melodies … and create a new narrative. Support the show