Immigrant Families Reconnect to Cultural Practices During the Pandemic
From making comfort food to speaking with ancestors, immigrant families across the U.S. are turning to cultural traditions to cope with the isolation and stress of quarantine.
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Yes, You Can Grow Rice in Appalachia
Meet the farmers growing traditional Laotian foods in the hills of North Carolina.
A House That Love Built鈥擡ven With a Border Wall in the Backyard
Dolores and Rogelio navigate the political contrasts and conflicts of life in El Paso, Texas.
How Immigrant Communities Are Confronting COVID Challenges
鈥淭here鈥檚 something about immigrants that makes us almost expansive in our thinking, because in our neighborhood, the world meets.鈥�
How Lawyer Moms Mobilized for Immigrant Justice
When Trump signed the 鈥淢uslim ban,鈥� lawyer Tahmina Watson recruited a small army to provide free legal aid to immigrants. Then came the family separation policy.
How Los Angeles Is Supporting Immigrant Workers and Businesses Affected by COVID
A new initiative from LA鈥檚 Office of Immigrant Affairs aims to help immigrant business owners and essential workers gain access to economic relief.
As Black Immigrants, This Movement for Equality Is Ours, Too
A lot of Black immigrants like me have come to see that for our children to live the better lives we envisioned in this country, we need to be all-in against racism鈥攏o matter where or whom it strikes.
Forward: Solutions from Immigrant Journeys
Why migration?
What Is the U.S.-Mexico Border to Indigenous Peoples Who Have Lived There?
While Indigenous leaders work to address issues they face with U.S.-Mexico border policy, Indigenous people must continue to grapple with the everyday impacts of increasing border enforcement.
5 Ways Immigrants Are Leading the Way in the U.S.
Often denied legal recognition and systemic support, immigrant communities have long been finding solutions to the social ills plaguing all communities.
Families Stay Connected When Separation Was the Only聽Choice
For some families, seeking better opportunities means leaving behind their loved ones, including children.
How Zimbabweans Welcomed Climate Migrants
Zimbabweans who had to flee their low-lying farms due to drought are finding an unexpected welcome in the nation鈥檚 Eastern Highlands.
Anti-Asian Immigration Violence Is Nothing New
Since well before the Vietnam War, Southeast Asian migrants have faced racism, targeted immigration enforcement, and denial of their basic human rights.
Reclaiming Neighborhood Power
New York鈥檚 immigrant communities turn to the tools of civic life to protect their rights.
We Can鈥檛 Talk About Immigration Without Acknowledging Black Immigrants
With strong, rich roots in the U.S., Black people are part of this country鈥檚 immigration narrative.
The Time Is Now, Whatever It Costs
We don鈥檛 want saviors, we want accomplices.
How Immigrant Essential Workers Are Finding Support During COVID-19
Our healthcare and food systems depend on immigrant workers, including those who are undocumented. Greater protections for them would be good for everyone.
What We Can Learn from Costa Rica鈥檚 Embrace of Migrants
A growing number of political exiles from Nicaragua are putting their experience and activism to work in their adopted country.
The U.S. Has Always Exploited Immigrants During Pandemics
Throughout history, immigrants have borne the brunt not just of a pandemic, but the U.S. government鈥檚 disproportionate and cruel response to it.
The Supreme Court Upholds DACA. So What Now?
The decision by the high court comes in the midst of a global pandemic and an uprising in the wake of the killing of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police that lays bare the extend of racial injustice in this country.
Refugees Share Their Coronavirus Stories
While the pandemic has created new challenges for refugees, it has also sparked a new sense of unity.
How the U.S. Southern Border Became a Militarized Zone
A new database by American Friends Service Committee tracks companies involved in border militarization, including the building and monitoring of walls and immigrant detention and surveillance.
How Controversy Over 鈥淎merican Dirt鈥� Inspired a Movement for Change
Latinx writers are demanding accountability from the publishing industry鈥攁nd encouraging the public to read responsibly.
The Women Who Welcomed Immigrants
A century ago, impoverished European immigrants got health care and practical help from the settlement house movement.
Social Distancing Is Not an Option for People in Prison and ICE Detention
Families recount painful conversations with loved ones inside detention centers and join advocates demanding action that detainees be protected against spread of the coronavirus.
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