The Night Of and Rogue One star Riz Ahmed describes what life, work, and passing through airports is like as a British Pakistani.
Immigration
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On Fighting Terror, Trump Got It Totally Backward
What we can learn from one refugee family’s journey from Iraq to Colorado.
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Junot Díaz on What It’s Like to Be an Immigrant in America
“Who am I and how did I get here? The way I was doing it was through books.”
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Just One of Millions of American Immigrant Stories
This is me, just as I was about to immigrate to the United States. Before 1965, it was legal to ban immigrants based on nationality, and Asians in particular were targeted. It was actually referred to as an Asiatic Barred Zone. Then, Congress passed the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, banning discrimination on the […]
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California Defends Itself
Alexander Nazaryan details the many ideological and legal fronts on which California and President Trump clash, and the ways Californians are resisting and preparing for future federal incursions.
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Beauty Shopping With My Mother, A Former Cultural Revolution Red Guard
A former beauty editor reflects on the differences between the definition of beauty in America and in China during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, where an “unadorned woman was a symbol of liberation from a patriarchal capitalist system.”
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Living Some Kind of American Dream at Sizzler
To us, Sizzler was the epitome of the American meal. We could have big steaks, the likes of which were expensive in Korea, reserved only for special occasions. There were nice cloth napkins you put on your lap. The waitresses were friendly and would refill your drinks for you; the drink glasses were enormous. At […]
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The Higher Ed Experience in 2014: Our College Pick
The college experience for many American students in 2014 is not a residential, Animal House one. Students work and enroll part time to avoid what feels like an inevitable and insurmountable debt load. They may live at home and commute to classes. They get the curriculum, but have to work harder to meet people and […]
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In Arizona’s Maricopa County, 80-year-old Joe Arpaio has made a name for himself “for being not just the toughest but the most corrupt and abusive sheriff in America.” He’s now being sued by the Justice Department for civil rights violations against Latinos: Arpaio began focusing on illegal immigration about six years ago, after he watched […]
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A man, brought to the U.S. as a toddler, is suddenly deported to Mexico. He’s now trying to get back: The train had covered 10 miles through the high desert when it stopped at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection checkpoint. An inspector and his canine walked by on the gravel path. Luna stifled his […]