What the US Could Learn From Justin Trudeau About Saying ‘Sorry’ What the US Could Learn From Justin Trudeau About Saying ‘Sorry’
Rather than engaging in rhetoric targeting immigrants and Muslims, we should make substantive amends for past xenophobia.
May 20, 2016 / Deepa Iyer
The Wealthiest, Most Democratic Countries Are Taking in Only a Fraction of the World’s Refugee Population The Wealthiest, Most Democratic Countries Are Taking in Only a Fraction of the World’s Refugee Population
The way a society treats its newest arrivals is a test of its democracy. And we’re failing.
May 18, 2016 / Michelle Chen
The Obama Administration Is Restarting Immigration Raids, but to What End? The Obama Administration Is Restarting Immigration Raids, but to What End?
One absolutely guaranteed consequence of these enforcement actions is that they whip immigrant communities in the US into a terrified panic.
May 13, 2016 / Julianne Hing
These Haunting Photos Show the Deadly Absurdity of the US-Mexico Border Wall These Haunting Photos Show the Deadly Absurdity of the US-Mexico Border Wall
A collaboration between photographer Richard Misrach and experimental composer Guillermo Galindo captures the austere brutality of the borderlands.
May 11, 2016 / Photo Essay / John Washington
Immigrants Are Dying In Detention While ICE Ignores Its Own Medical Standards Immigrants Are Dying In Detention While ICE Ignores Its Own Medical Standards
A new report demonstrates how medical negligence played a significant role in many detention center deaths.
Apr 25, 2016 / Raul Grijalva
You Either Work or You Go to Jail You Either Work or You Go to Jail
Parole and probation are trapping former prisoners in debt, forcing them to work to avoid getting locked up.
Apr 12, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Bernie and Hillary, on the Stump in the Multiracial City Bernie and Hillary, on the Stump in the Multiracial City
It’s a day of hits and misses as Sanders and Clinton try to excite immigrant voters for the New York primary.
Apr 10, 2016 / Julianne Hing
From Right to Favor From Right to Favor
The refugee question as moral crisis.
Apr 5, 2016 / Didier Fassin
These Refugees Are Being Returned to the Violent Circumstances They Left Behind These Refugees Are Being Returned to the Violent Circumstances They Left Behind
For some asylum seekers, their “well-founded” fear of persecution is proven only after they’re repatriated.
Mar 25, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Family Sues Private-Prison Operator Over Deaths at Immigrant-Only Facilities Family Sues Private-Prison Operator Over Deaths at Immigrant-Only Facilities
An investigation found dozens of questionable deaths related to cost cutting in privatized federal prisons.
Mar 15, 2016 / no-paywall / Seth Freed Wessler