Everyman's Ballot
A Very British, and Global, ElectionInua Ellams(Diaspora Philes)Last night, the United Kingdom held a national election that was originally intended to solidify a Conservative majority in Congress. In...
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The Reality of Deportation for a Refugee CommunityImmigrant Defense Project, Indefensible Podcast(Immigrant Defense Project)Everybody messes up when they're young. Not everyone pays the same...
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When Your Trend is my CultureFong TranFong Tran (Photo: Vanessa Hsieh) Fong Tran, a spoken word artist, youth activist and Director of Student Activities at the College of Alameda, has a few things to...
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With "A Shooting Script 1987 #After Seamus Heaney"Inua EllamsInua Ellams (Photograph: Toni Wilkinson/Perth festival, via Guardian) In Inua Ellams's new poetry and essay collection, #Afterhours (Nine...
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Rediscovering the taste of home, savoring new destinationsSarah KhanSarah Khan Life in the city can be bitter, but a good meal with friends can make any day worth savoring. In the Migrant Kitchens...
View ArticleRefugees in the Jungle of Imagination
A new graphic novel follows migrants' tattered threads of hopeKate EvansKate Evans, from "Threads: From the Refugee Crisis" (Verso) Kate Evans's graphic novel Threads: From the Refugee Crisis (Verso,...
View ArticleWalking with Basquiat
A Poetic Reading of Haitian Art and DiasporaGina Athena Ulysse Gina Athena Ulysse is a feminist Haitian American poet, performance artist, anthropologist, and “self-described Post-Zora...
View ArticleAging in a New Place
South Asian Immigrants Break New Ground for their Elders' RootsSruti PenumetsaWhat is it like to grow old in a new land? Immigrant elders have often lived lives that involve two births, and their aging...
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Berlin kitchens open up to refugeesMichelle ChenOpen Kitchen volunteers make bread with a sister group Bakers without Borders (GSBTB) Germany threw open its border gates in 2015 to hundreds of...
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Undocumented Kids in Philly Ink their Stories through ComicsMichelle ChenAttorney General Jeff Sessions paid a visit to Philadelphia late last month, with a special message from the president: the City...
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