Shifting Borders: Where Does Europe End? Shifting Borders: Where Does Europe End?
The perimeter of the Schengen area has been redrawn eight times.
Nov 8, 2016 / Michel Foucher
Don’t Tell Trump: Minnesota Is About to Elect a Pioneering Somali-American Muslim Woman Don’t Tell Trump: Minnesota Is About to Elect a Pioneering Somali-American Muslim Woman
It matters that Ilhan Omar will be elected to the Minnesota state legislature on the same day that Minnesotans reject Donald Trump.
Nov 7, 2016 / John Nichols
The Syrian War’s Women Refugees Face a Particularly Harsh Exile The Syrian War’s Women Refugees Face a Particularly Harsh Exile
In Iraq, Lebanon, and other countries in the region, Syrian women are still under siege.
Nov 7, 2016 / Michelle Chen
10 of the World’s Poorest Countries Host Half the Global Refugee Population 10 of the World’s Poorest Countries Host Half the Global Refugee Population
Why aren’t wealthy countries, including Europe’s most powerful economies, doing more to help asylum seekers?
Nov 1, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Islamophobia Won’t End on Election Day (and It Didn’t Start With Trump) Islamophobia Won’t End on Election Day (and It Didn’t Start With Trump)
So what are we doing after the vote to truly challenge the hate and bigotry that has long pervaded our immigration politics?
Oct 19, 2016 / Deepa Iyer
Yemen Faces Collapse as Civilians Flee Two Warring Factions in a Brutal Civil War Yemen Faces Collapse as Civilians Flee Two Warring Factions in a Brutal Civil War
More than 10,000 have been killed, many by US ally Saudi Arabia in its indiscriminate bombing campaign.
Oct 7, 2016 / Nicolas Niarchos
This Film Shows Syria’s Civil War From the Victims’ Point of View This Film Shows Syria’s Civil War From the Victims’ Point of View
The White Helmets is a harrowing documentary about that country’s heroic first responders.
Oct 6, 2016 / Lydia Wilson
If Sweden and Denmark Are So Progressive, Why Did They Close Their Doors to Refugees? If Sweden and Denmark Are So Progressive, Why Did They Close Their Doors to Refugees?
As the migration crisis drags on, even the most tolerant countries in Europe are embracing anti-immigrant politics.
Sep 27, 2016 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
In Greece, the Refugee Crisis Worsens While the World’s Attention Turns Elsewhere In Greece, the Refugee Crisis Worsens While the World’s Attention Turns Elsewhere
The EU’s resettlement plan has failed—tens of thousands are now stranded in dangerous, unsanitary camps.
Sep 23, 2016 / Anna Lekas Miller
Assad Regime to Besieged Aleppo: Surrender or Starve Assad Regime to Besieged Aleppo: Surrender or Starve
“It was raining mortars, some landing just 20 meters from us…”
Sep 2, 2016 / Roy Gutman