by Avery Kim By 1 p.m., Linda Lee has taken her two young sons to school, gone to work in eastern Queens, and driven roundtrip to and from the Bronx to meet with a future New York City Council Member.…
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The system is working exactly as it is intended
How the US asylum system uses a health regulation to racially discriminate by Dorothea Koehn “Title 42 is an obscure policy,” is one of the first things Jonathan Goldman, executive director of the Student Clinic for Immigrant Justice, told me…
Who Builds Peace
by Michael Thomson Although the address locates the peacebuilding organization where I interned in a plaza, it is actually just another nine-story mass of the limestone, reflective glass, and rebar that dominates central Amman. The security guard at the front…
Another Hebron Story
by Michael Thomson After work on an unusually quiet night, as I walk to my Palestinian host family’s residence nestled in the middle of the anarchic web of limestone buildings that make up Hebron’s Old City, I listen for any…
The Real War is On the Streets
by Courtney Manning After being imprisoned in Pakistan, former computer scientist Iman returns to New York to discover many things are different, including himself. Part I: New York Iman Reza is full of charisma, but would rather predict the futures…
Grown From Concrete: landscaping identity through art in East Oakland
by Rudrani Ghosh Nimrod Cain is an artist, born and raised in East Oakland, California. His art and music tell stories of his journey as a father, his quest to uplift his culture and community, and life in an urban…
Perils and Perseverance; a refugee’s story of finding a home and purpose in the world
by Mark J. Wood Mondiant has spent his life as a refugee. With some luck he made it to New York, where he now feels a responsibility to all those who are still refugees. In the back of a New…
Lost Decade for Syrian Activists
By Asaad Hanna March 15, 2011, marks the Syrian “Day of Rage,” triggered by the detention of children in Dara and inspired by the hopes unleashed in the Arab Spring. This was the day when protests began in Syria against…
Exile in America Brings Feelings Of Grief and Opportunity For Afghan Women
By Nazila Jamshidi Some Afghan women drastically reinvented their lives after the United States invaded Afghanistan in 2001. They became journalists, thought leaders, business owners, and professors. This summer, many of them had to flee when the Taliban returned to power. Their…
Remembering a Palestine No Longer There
Published in NewLines Magazine. For Palestinian-Americans, nostalgia means longing for a home they’ll never know, and their parents can only dimly recall By Tariq Kenney-Shawa have only seen my father cry twice. The first time, I was eight years old,…