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Dina Ceri studied psychology at university. She never considered a technology- or science-based career as she felt she wasn’t good at subjects like math and chemistry. After graduating in 2010, Ceri ...

In Pelling, a town in Western Sikkim in India with the best views of the Himalayan peak Kanchenjunga, Tsering Bhutia gazes at the terraced field behind his house. “We’ve grown organic black cardamom ...

On a sunny afternoon, potato farmers return from the fields in the shadow of Karisimbi, the tallest volcano in Musanze, a district in North Rwanda. Row upon row of terraces stretch across the ...

Let’s start with last night and work backward. At a packed theater in New York City, a raucous celebration shook the rafters to fête five years of Reasons to be Cheerful. For 90 surreal, peripatetic ...

Though increasingly common for movies and TV, the practice has yet to become widespread in live performance venues. Gravity Access is trying to change that. While Black artists often top the charts, ...

On October 8, to celebrate five years of publishing, Reasons to be Cheerful will host the biggest event we’ve ever staged: a live variety show at New York City’s Town Hall. Alongside a full slate of ...

An abandoned fisherman’s cottage on a remote Scottish island that had no running water, electricity or windows — and sheep living in it. That was all ex-soldier and businessman Robert Tai could afford ...