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El Salvador

Posted inEditor's Pick

‘I’ve Lost Everything to the Beast’

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands April 30, 2021October 19, 2022

“Formed in Los Angeles by refugees fleeing US-backed violence in El Salvador, MS-13 has wreaked havoc in Central America.”

Posted inNonfiction

The Promised Land

by Alice Driver July 21, 2020November 25, 2022

A trans activist from El Salvador who has helped countless trans migrant women fight for asylum in the U.S. finds asylum for herself.

Posted inFeatured, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes

Finding Solace in the Charged Particles of the Aurora Borealis

by Krista Stevens January 8, 2020October 19, 2022

“Cree First Nations believe ‘the northern lights are dancing spirits of loved ones who have passed on.’”

Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women

There Is No Other Way To Say This

by Melissa Batchelor Warnke May 17, 2019October 19, 2022

“Tell them on the outside,” Carolyn Forché’s Salvadoran mentor instructed her. Her memoir is her latest attempt. Its elliptical lyricism, like that of her poetry, runs circles around censorship.

Posted inCrime, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes

How the Pacheco Family Pivoted From Baking Bread to Burying the Bodies

by Krista Stevens March 14, 2019October 19, 2022

“For now, though, he has no plans to become a baker again.”

Posted inCrime, Nonfiction, Story

The Redemption of MS-13

by Danny Gold December 20, 2018October 19, 2022

Danny Gold investigates the movement converting El Salvador’s gang members into born-again Christians.

Posted inCrime, Current Events, Highlight, Quotes

Leaving Barrio 18

by michelleweber November 27, 2018October 19, 2022

How do you retire from a gang?

Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Story

El camino al asilo

by Alice Driver June 29, 2018October 19, 2022

Las mujeres trans migran para escapar de la violencia y mantenerse con vida. Alice Driver acompañó a una de estas mujeres en su viaje.

Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Story

The Road to Asylum

by Alice Driver June 29, 2018October 19, 2022

Trans women migrate to escape violence and stay alive. Alice Driver accompanied one of these women on her journey.

Posted inCurrent Events, Quotes

“This Is Our Regional Refugee Crisis”

by michelleweber May 2, 2018October 19, 2022

The U.S. immigration system is ill-equipped to deal with refugees who are feeling real violence and hardship but who don’t qualify for asylum.

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