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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
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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