Mexico’s Crackdown Is Making the Migrant Crisis Worse 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.
Aug 9, 2019 / John Washington
Why Do We Hate Immigrants? Why Do We Hate Immigrants?
Whether we are indigenous to this land, whether we came in the hull of a slave ship or landed at Ellis Island, our government’s brutal response to the migrant crisis is an affront ...
Aug 8, 2019 / Kevin Powell
Trump Has Brought Back ‘Conditional Citizenship’ Trump Has Brought Back ‘Conditional Citizenship’
What does citizenship mean if only white people belong in Donald Trump’s America?
Aug 2, 2019 / Between the Lines / Laila Lalami
Chia-Chia Lin’s Haunting Immigrant Novel Chia-Chia Lin’s Haunting Immigrant Novel
Set in a dreamlike Alaska, The Unpassing examines the hope and tragedy of a Taiwanese-American family.
Jul 30, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Larissa Pham
‘It’s Not Shameful to Work in the Fields. But It’s Hard.’ ‘It’s Not Shameful to Work in the Fields. But It’s Hard.’
Americans don’t want these jobs, or can’t do them—so nearly a quarter of a million guest workers do them instead.
Jul 29, 2019 / Migrant Voices / John Washington
A Call to Put an End to Inhumane Conditions at the Border A Call to Put an End to Inhumane Conditions at the Border
An open letter by Ariel Dorfman, Salman Rushdie, Gabriel Byrne, Neil Gaiman, Khaled Hosseini, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Wayétu Moore, Reza Aslan, and more.
Jul 25, 2019 / The Nation
Trump Is Targeting the Most Vulnerable Among Us Trump Is Targeting the Most Vulnerable Among Us
Trump’s immigration policies have traumatized thousands of migrant children and have killed at least seven.
Jul 25, 2019 / Karen J. Greenberg
AOC Went Back to Where She Came From: New York City AOC Went Back to Where She Came From: New York City
A recent town hall on immigration shows that Ocasio-Cortez’s local support isn’t going anywhere.
Jul 24, 2019 / Celisa Calacal, Acacia Handel, and Molly Minta
Take Action Now: Fight Racism In All Its Forms Take Action Now: Fight Racism In All Its Forms
Support Ilhan Omar, hold your reps accountable, and dig in to racial-justice organizing.
Jul 23, 2019 / no-paywall / NationAction
Donald Trump Is Remaking the GOP Donald Trump Is Remaking the GOP
The National Conservatism conference shows that the Trumpian agenda of ethnic nationalism has a long future.
Jul 22, 2019 / Jeet Heer