These Parties Are Fighting for the Climate, Human Rights, and Immigrants—and They’re Winning

After years in the doldrums, the Greens have come roaring back all across northern Europe.

Paul Hockenos

ICE Put El Paso on the Brink of a Humanitarian Crisis

The immigration agency spent the holidays releasing hundreds of refugees onto the streets of El Paso. Asylum seekers deserve better.

Todd A. Curry

Southeast Asian Refugees Are the Latest Victims of Trump’s Deportation Crackdown

While the situation deteriorates at the border, thousands of Southeast Asian refugees who have lived in the US for years are facing renewed pressure.

Michelle Chen

Who Killed Jakelin Caal Maquín at the US Border?

She died of cardiac arrest, but the real killer was decades of US policy in support of Guatemalan regimes that have displaced and slaughtered the Maya population.

Greg Grandin and Elizabeth Oglesby

Portraits From the Exodus

Members of the migrant caravans, stranded in Tijuana, explain why they traveled thousands of miles from their homes.

John Washington and Tracie Williams

Why Were These Interfaith Leaders Arrested at the US-Mexico Border?

They were dragged away by the Border Patrol for bearing prophetic witness against the mistreatment of refugees and asylum seekers.

Sasha Abramsky

The Refugee Cycle

Jen Sorensen

The Notebook: Asylum Seekers Improvise a New Border Bureaucracy

In Tijuana, migrants and officials are breaking the law to create some semblance of order.

Lolita Brayman and Robert Langellier

They’re Refugees, Fleeing Gang Violence and Domestic Abuse. Why Won’t the Trump Administration Let Them In?

How one immigration case has led to a major impact on asylum claims.

Laura Gottesdiener and John Washington

Congressperson-Elect Ilhan Omar Is Making Real the Promise of the American Experiment

Allowing the wearing of a hijab on the House floor respects the commitment that there shall be “no religious test” for elected officials.

John Nichols