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Social JusticeDecember 10, 2020
Take What You Need and Give What You Can: A Mutual Aid Portrait
Residents of Morris County, N.J., aren’t waiting for federal relief—they’re helping each other.
John Washington and Tracie Williams
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Immigration PolicyNovember 9, 2020
Cameroonian Asylum Seekers Say They Face Violent Persecution Upon Deportation
Immigrant rights advocates allege that ICE detainees are being coerced, sometimes violently, into signing their own removal papers and returned to a country that is arresting and beating them.
John Washington
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Social JusticeJuly 30, 2020
‘Even In a Pandemic, We’re Still a Minority’
After fleeing long-term sexual abuse in Honduras, one young man tries to survive the coronavirus lockdown in San Francisco.
John Washington
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PoliticsMay 18, 2020
‘An Experience I Wouldn’t Wish My Worst Enemy to Undergo’
In ICE detention for more than two years, a man from Cameroon pens a plea for mercy.
John Washington
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PoetryApril 22, 2020
How Poetry Can Bear Witness to Crisis and Revolution
We talked to Carolyn Forché about her first book of poetry in 17 years.
John Washington
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Racism and DiscriminationApril 20, 2020
The Long, Winding, and Painful Story of Asylum
An ancient concept, asylum has become just another political tool in the hands of our government.
John Washington
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March 25, 2020
‘Maybe if I Had Papers, It Would Have Been Different’: Undocumented During a Pandemic
The crisis is putting undocumented and migrant communities in the crosshairs.
Heather Gies and John Washington
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SocietyMarch 16, 2020
‘That First Night in America, I Couldn’t Sleep’
After growing up in China, a young woman tries to find her place in Oakland.
John Washington
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March 16, 2020
Hear From Immigrants and Refugees in Their Own Words
Migrant Voices, a series from The Nation.
John Washington
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Jails and PrisonsFebruary 13, 2020
The Epidemic of Hunger Strikes in Immigrant Detention Centers
By one count, there have been 1,600 individuals participating in hunger strikes in the centers just since 2015. In one Louisiana center, three strikers are entering a dangerous phase.
John Washington