In a borough where food insecurity runs deep, a half-acre farm in the Bronx is doing more than growing vegetables. At New Roots Community Farm, refugees and local residents cultivate tradition, community, and dignity. Sheryll Durant, Food and Nutrition Coordinator…
Day: January 2, 2026
A Surgeon in Al Jalah Hospital
A doctor struggles to provide care in a public hospital in Benghazi. Dr. Hanan Al-Barasi is participating in an awareness campaign for breast cancer under the supervision of Ibn Sina Hospital – Benghazi. 31 Oct 2023. Photo: Ibn Sina Hospital…
Death From Above
Drone pilots are leading the fight in eastern Ukraine. How does remote-controlled war affect soldiers? Drop in a posed photo. Source: Drop. By Kenny Khoo The car sped down a straight road towards Pokrovsk. The town in eastern Ukraine is…
“We Are Not Safe”
A young Argentine fights a society that considers violence against women normal. 2025: Thousands of women took over the streets for ‘‘Woman’s Day (8M)’’. Photo by Sol Scannapieco By Federico González Chapur In early November, Sol’s neighborhood experienced a four-day…
The Road from Minsk
Memory, exile, and the long shadow of dictatorship. Nina Bahinskaya, a Belarusian human rights activist, holds an opposition flag in front of riot police during 2020 protests in Minsk. Photo: Jana Shnipelson, Flickr. By Matthew S. Gerson Aleksandr Lukashenko –…
Jeans
Denim, memory, and a vote cast far from home October 26, 2024. Outside of the Georgian Consulate in New York. Source: Author photo. By Lika Gegenava I own three pairs of jeans. One is from Levi’s, the second from Paige,…
The Long Wait in Brighton Beach
Immigrants from the former Soviet Union navigate Russia’s war in exile The intersection of Brighton Beach Avenue and Coney Island Avenue was co-named “Ukrainian Way” in 2022 to show solidarity with Ukrainians affected by the war. (Source: Yuri Fujita) In…
Across the Tumen
A North Korean defector on never fully leaving home The Tumen River bridge. Source: Wikimedia Commons By Olivia Choi The river still visits her in dreams. Sometimes the ice holds. Sometimes it cracks before she reaches the middle. She wakes…
“I remained silent”
Chinese students encounter prejudice at American universities Anderson at the University of Missouri By Civen Cao When a Chinese person arrives in the United States, he will be marked with the identity of a Chinese citizen just like his passport.…