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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
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SocietyJanuary 23, 2020
‘It’s Like Living in Solitary Confinement, but Out in the World’
Born in Soviet Ukraine and denied status in Canada and the United States, Karina describes the plight of statelessness—living without being recognized by any country at all.
John Washington
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LaborDecember 20, 2019
Nikil Saval Is the Most Interesting Politician in America
From Das Kapital to the State Capital, the Philadelphia State Senate candidate is pushing for a just and functioning economy for all.
John Washington
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PoliticsDecember 2, 2019
‘We Are So Much More Than Victims’
Batool was just a teenager when the Syrian civil war broke out. After living through the worst of the fighting and years in exile, she’s making a new life in Berkeley.
John Washington
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Election 2020November 8, 2019
Bernie’s Immigration Plan Is Good
The senator’s newly released plan—to halt deportations, abolish ICE, create a path to citizenship, and boost worker protections—marks a shift not only in Democratic policy but even from his own prior positions.
John Washington
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Fine ArtNovember 1, 2019
‘I Am Creating Objects That Only I Can Create’
Favianna Rodriguez on making art in “this white supremacist, fucked-up world.”
John Washington
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EconomyOctober 28, 2019
The Amount of Money Being Made Ripping Migrant Families Apart Is Staggering
Immigration enforcement agencies’ budgets topped a whopping $23.7 billion in 2018—and a lot of that is being funneled back into the private sector.
John Washington
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ActivismSeptember 18, 2019
‘I Used to Wonder What My Karma Was That I Had to End Up in a Place Like This’
A Nepali TPS holder and domestic worker describes what it’s like to live in the US without papers and to fight for workers’ rights.
John Washington
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PoliticsSeptember 16, 2019
The Latest Link in Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Chain: El Salvador’s New Border Patrol
The new enforcement agency is more about preventing migrants from leaving the country than it is about protecting El Salvador’s borders.
Nelson Rauda and John Washington
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WorldAugust 9, 2019
Mexico’s Crackdown Is Making the Migrant Crisis Worse
Under pressure from the US to ramp up deterrence, security forces have been implicated in the killing of at least two migrants this year.
John Washington