Ryan Schuessler
Ryan Schuessler is a Chicago-based journalist who has filed stories from across the US and the world.
Ryan Schuessler is a Chicago-based journalist who has filed stories from across the US (Alaska, Missouri, Idaho and Wisconsin) and the world (Poland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montserrat, Peru). He's written for outlets including The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Guardian, Al Jazeera and National Geographic News. He writes at the intersection of diasporas, religion, social justice, the environment and identity.
How 16 Americans found family, faith and their immigrant roots — generations after their parents left their homelands
Through war and Islamophobia, a generation thought they might have lost their histories and faith in Eastern Europe. But, unexpectedly, they found it again.
A gift from small-town Iowa brings light to Paraguay’s capital
A fading Missouri monastery finds new life — in Vietnam
Rohingya in Chicago make an emotional plea to the US: 'Help our people'
Climate change is claiming aspen groves — and the history of Basque immigrants in America
Pollution is destroying probably the oldest Jewish cemetery in the Western Hemisphere
Founded in 1659, Beth Haim cemetery in the Caribbean nation of Curaçao is being eroded beyond recognition.
They gave her the keys to the mosque — and now she wants to open its doors to the neighborhood
Alyssa Haughwout became the caretaker of Brooklyn’s historic Tatar mosque a year ago. She’s now charting the near-empty building’s future.
Muslim refugees of another era could put Missouri in play for Clinton
If Missouri’s race is as close as recent polls suggest, some observers think it could be St. Louis’ “Bosnian vote” that gives the state’s 10 electoral votes to Hillary Clinton.