Baltimore’s Inescapable Inequality Baltimore’s Inescapable Inequality
What looks like a night of “chaos” in Baltimore was just one freeze-frame in a long arc of urban crisis.
May 1, 2015 / Michelle Chen
The Mediterranean Migrant Crisis Can’t Be Solved With Gunships The Mediterranean Migrant Crisis Can’t Be Solved With Gunships
The devastating migrant boat wreck in the Mediterranean reveals the failure of the EU's refugee policy.
Apr 24, 2015 / Michelle Chen
How the ‘Biden Plan’ Will Worsen the Plight of Central American Refugee Children How the ‘Biden Plan’ Will Worsen the Plight of Central American Refugee Children
The vice president is promoting a 2016 budget that deepens the drug-war and free-trade agendas that contributed to the crisis.
Apr 7, 2015 / Laura Carlsen and Foreign Policy In Focus
Even the Government’s Own Accountability Office Found Major Flaws in US Guestworker Programs Even the Government’s Own Accountability Office Found Major Flaws in US Guestworker Programs
Will the Labor Department's much-delayed new rules for the H2-B visa program strengthen protections for immigrant workers?
Apr 3, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Have a Law-Breaking Boss? Take a Cue From These Workers and Sue Have a Law-Breaking Boss? Take a Cue From These Workers and Sue
Workers at this New York restaurant were just awarded $2.67 million for egregious wage theft—and could motivate others to push back against labor violations.
Mar 25, 2015 / Michelle Chen
An NYU Professor Was Barred From Researching in the United Arab Emirates—Where NYU Has a Campus An NYU Professor Was Barred From Researching in the United Arab Emirates—Where NYU Has a Campus
The UAE welcomes NYU’s culture cachet—but not academics seeking to expose exploitaitve labor conditions.
Mar 23, 2015 / Michelle Chen
This Boutique Bakery Was Paying Its Workers Peanuts This Boutique Bakery Was Paying Its Workers Peanuts
According to a new lawsuit, the Filipino guest workers were subject to sixteen-hour shifts and abusive treatment at the hands of their bosses.
Mar 19, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Immigrant Workers Are Being Deported for Getting Injured on the Job Immigrant Workers Are Being Deported for Getting Injured on the Job
A climate of impunity for employers, coupled with the threat of deportation, is forcing undocumented workers to bear the costs of injury and abuse.
Mar 17, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Immigrants’ Greatest Fear Isn’t What You Think Immigrants’ Greatest Fear Isn’t What You Think
And collective action is the only answer.
Mar 9, 2015 / Saket Soni
A 2-Day Revolt at a Texas Private Prison Reveals Everything That’s Wrong with Criminalizing Immigration A 2-Day Revolt at a Texas Private Prison Reveals Everything That’s Wrong with Criminalizing Immigration
The uprising puts the spotlight on the cozy relationship between private prison corporations and the nation’s immigration enforcement machinery.
Feb 24, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter