Postcards From Restaurant-Land Postcards From Restaurant-Land
Labor and loneliness one year later.
Mar 15, 2021 / Jason Kotoch
Biden’s Rescue Plan Will Be a Huge Benefit for Undocumented Workers Biden’s Rescue Plan Will Be a Huge Benefit for Undocumented Workers
This federal sea change in policy comes after years of efforts by Western states to reimagine their social safety nets.
Mar 12, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky
It’s Still Time to Abolish ICE It’s Still Time to Abolish ICE
There has never been a better moment to move past enforcement-focused immigration strategies.
Feb 26, 2021 / César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández
Guatemala Takes a Hard Line Against Migrants—With US Support Guatemala Takes a Hard Line Against Migrants—With US Support
Long before Trump, Washington was exporting control of migratory routes, along with repressive policing, to Mexico and Central America.
Feb 16, 2021 / Jeff Abbott
Introducing My New Column: ‘From the Left Coast’ Introducing My New Column: ‘From the Left Coast’
I’ll be exploring developments in the Pacific Coast states as well as, from time to time, the blue and purple states of the interior Southwest.
Feb 12, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky
Trump Judges Are Already Thwarting Biden’s Agenda Trump Judges Are Already Thwarting Biden’s Agenda
A Trump appointee in Texas has put a hold on Biden’s deportation “pause”—an example that other GOP judges are sure to follow.
Jan 28, 2021 / Elie Mystal
We’re Now Facing Both a Public Health and a Poverty Catastrophe We’re Now Facing Both a Public Health and a Poverty Catastrophe
Trump’s malevolent mismanagement of the Covid-19 crisis has been compounded by ineptitude at the state level.
Dec 8, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
In California’s Agricultural Heartland, a Mayor Is Running on Compassion In California’s Agricultural Heartland, a Mayor Is Running on Compassion
Maria Orozco, the mayor of a small farming town, is fighting to protect her constituents, regardless of immigration status.
Oct 13, 2020 / Photo Essay / Wesaam Al-Badry and Magnum Foundation
Undocumented Immigrants Are Still Suffering With No Federal Relief Undocumented Immigrants Are Still Suffering With No Federal Relief
Undocumented immigrants have had to fend for themselves during the coronavirus crisis.
Sep 28, 2020 / Photo Essay / Mary Ann Koruth
This Simple Change Could Legalize Millions of Immigrants This Simple Change Could Legalize Millions of Immigrants
Changing the registry date would require one of the shortest bills ever passed by Congress—making millions of immigrants eligible for full residency. So why aren’t we talking about...
Sep 1, 2020 / Felipe de la Hoz