“In the early 1980s, in Tucson, activists and religious leaders joined forces to protect refugees at the U.S.-Mexico border. Their collaboration galvanized the Sanctuary Movement.”
Immigration
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Subversive Botanicals in Miami’s Art Underground
“Working with non-native plant species, two artists explore themes of gentrification and migration in South Florida.”
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Ya’aburnee, Four Ways
A family curse, a grandfather, a pet, a friend—and one untranslatable word to encompass them all.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Featuring stories by John Woodrow Cox, Justin Sayles, Aryn Baker, Moran Barkai and Paul Tullis, and Russell Cobb and Sarah Brandvold.
Posted inEditor's Pick
He Supported the US War in Afghanistan. Now He May Be Deported to the Taliban.
He escaped Afghanistan and started a family in the U.S. Then ICE arrested him. If he is deported, he expects the Taliban to kill him.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Multiplying Border
“The border is an elastic regime, rather than a fixed line, that can exist anywhere and everywhere.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
The H-2A Visa Trap
“She was sold the American dream with a farmworker visa. She wound up in a nightmare.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
Fortunate Son
“Returning to Vietnam with my parents, 50 years after the war ended.”
Posted inCuration
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Sharing stories from John Woodrow Cox, Sarah Blaskey, and Matt McClain; Daphne Chouliaraki Milner and Marcia Bjornerud; Susan Choi; Henry Wismayer; and Susannah Pratt.