‘Even In a Pandemic, We’re Still a Minority’ ‘Even In a Pandemic, We’re Still a Minority’
After fleeing long-term sexual abuse in Honduras, one young man tries to survive the coronavirus lockdown in San Francisco.
Jul 30, 2020 / John Washington
‘An Experience I Wouldn’t Wish My Worst Enemy to Undergo’ ‘An Experience I Wouldn’t Wish My Worst Enemy to Undergo’
In ICE detention for more than two years, a man from Cameroon pens a plea for mercy.
May 18, 2020 / John Washington
‘That First Night in America, I Couldn’t Sleep’ ‘That First Night in America, I Couldn’t Sleep’
After growing up in China, a young woman tries to find her place in Oakland.
Mar 16, 2020 / John Washington
Hear From Immigrants and Refugees in Their Own Words Hear From Immigrants and Refugees in Their Own Words
Migrant Voices, a series from The Nation.
Mar 16, 2020 / John Washington
‘It’s Like Living in Solitary Confinement, but Out in the World’ ‘It’s Like Living in Solitary Confinement, but Out in the World’
Born in Soviet Ukraine and denied status in Canada and the United States, Karina describes the plight of statelessness—living without being recognized by any country at all.
Jan 23, 2020 / John Washington
‘We Are So Much More Than Victims’ ‘We Are So Much More Than Victims’
Batool was just a teenager when the Syrian civil war broke out. After living through the worst of the fighting and years in exile, she’s making a new life in Berkeley.
Dec 2, 2019 / John Washington
‘I Used to Wonder What My Karma Was That I Had to End Up in a Place Like This’ ‘I Used to Wonder What My Karma Was That I Had to End Up in a Place Like This’
A Nepali TPS holder and domestic worker describes what it’s like to live in the US without papers and to fight for workers’ rights.
Sep 18, 2019 / John Washington
‘It’s Not Shameful to Work in the Fields. But It’s Hard.’ ‘It’s Not Shameful to Work in the Fields. But It’s Hard.’
Americans don’t want these jobs, or can’t do them—so nearly a quarter of a million guest workers do them instead.
Jul 29, 2019 / John Washington
‘“Are You Illegal?” I Will Never Forget Those Words.’ ‘“Are You Illegal?” I Will Never Forget Those Words.’
A young woman, brought to the US as a baby and abandoned and abused by her parents, struggles to gain status and stay in her beloved Bronx.
Jun 10, 2019 / John Washington
‘I Don’t Want to Stay in a Country That Doesn’t Want Me As Badly as I Want It’ ‘I Don’t Want to Stay in a Country That Doesn’t Want Me As Badly as I Want It’
The visa-holding university student who grew up in the United States but may never be able to work here.
Apr 15, 2019 / John Washington