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,…
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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.…
“We just have to make it through this night”: Oral histories from Columbia University’s Gaza Solidarity Encampment
Four Student organizers recount the events of Columbia University’s Gaza Solidarity Encampment, a protest that challenged institutional power, inspired campus activism globally, and eventually faced university crackdown. NYPD on the site of Gaza Solidarity Encampment minutes before the first arrests…
Ukraine’s Information War: The Race to Document War Crimes in Kramatorsk
How a missile attack on a train station came to emphasize the role of investigators tasked with combating disinformation about war crimes in Ukraine. Geolocated and authenticated locations of civilian harm in Ukraine, downloaded from Bellingcat’s “Civilian Harm In Ukraine”…
Vegetables of the war: A life of a Ukrainian amid never-ending conflict
A generation of young Ukrainians grew up with war being the only way of life they know. Darka Harnyk copes by moving in and out of the country Darka Harnyk. Photo: Barbora Chaloupková By Barbora Chaloupková I wanted to talk…
‘I don’t have a place to stay’: Catalina’s Journey
Catalina, an asylum seeker, embarks on a dangerous, transcontinental search for home. Painted fence outside Casa Juan Diego. Photograph: Meg Spasia By Jonathan Griffin The treacherous journey was not her first choice. At the age of 21, Catalina traversed the…
There’s room at this table
How a chef and a community fight food insecurity in Paterson’s Little Lima Chef Edgardo prepares a meal in the Oasis kitchen. Photo: Marco Gutierrez Rosales By Marco Gutierrez Rosales A little past 9 in the morning, the breakfast hustle…
Three Generations of Exile: A Tibetan Family’s Journey to Preserve Their Heritage
Photo: Tenzin Dekyi Through a chain of whispered warnings, passed from neighbor to acquaintance to friend, Tenzin Dekyi’s mother learned devastating news: her brother – a Buddhist monk in Tibet – had been taken away for questioning by Chinese authorities.…