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An elderly woman in a wheelchair is rescued from the flood waters of tropical storm Harvey in east Houston, Texas.

One of Houston’s most vulnerable communities faces the floods

August 31, 2017Conflict

A group founded by immigrants in wheelchairs battles Hurricane Harvey.

Young, undocumented and trying to ‘keep my sanity’

July 28, 2017Global Politics

A view of hands on the window of a prison cell door

Poor health care in immigrant detention centers may get worse under Trump

May 3, 2017Global Politics

Afghan journalist Habib Zahori made a cold trek across the US-Canada border on foot and on bicycle. "I remember thinking, wishing, 'Oh God, please, please send someone to arrest me!’ "

Habib Zahori was scared to seek asylum in the US. So he pushed a rickety bicycle through snow to get to Canada.

February 23, 2017Conflict

Thanksgiving in Hibbing, Minnesota with the family of Korean-American author Marie Myung-Ok Lee.

A mundane Thanksgiving can be the ideal holiday gift

November 24, 2016Global Politics

A woman stands in conference area in front of "Guatemala" sign

How one woman went from ‘Why are these Mexicans here?’ to supporting immigrant businesses

November 7, 2016Business

The International Marketplace in Indianapolis offers dozens of restaurants and shops from the world over. Its unlikely co-founder once asked: “Why are these Mexicans here? Why are there so many of them?”

Soccer player bites his with a trophy on the field

Euro 2016: Meet the player who scored ‘the most important goal in the history of Portuguese football’

July 11, 2016Sports

Portuguese fans are happy that a kid from Guinea Bissau chose to come to their country as an immigrant. And Éder is happy for what Portugal gave him: a chance to score a miraculous goal.

Poet and essayist Ocean Vuong was born in Saigon and raised in Hartford, Connecticut.

Read this brilliant new poet’s take on the US immigrant experience

April 13, 2016Books

Twenty-eight-year-old Ocean Vuong captures his experience coming from Vietnam to the US in his debut poetry collection “Night Sky with Exit Wounds.”

Syrian filmmaker and satirist Firas Alshater says Europe will embrace its new refugees, but it just might take a while.

He trusts you. Do you trust this Syrian refugee?

March 9, 2016Justice

Satirist Firas Alshater was jailed by Syrian authorities for his videos. After he was granted asylum in Germany, he rediscovered his sense of humor.

Iowan Maria Alcivar caucused and voted yesterday for the first time.

This Latina was undocumented for 14 years — she just taught others to caucus

February 2, 2016Global Politics

After a childhood of pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes and singing the national anthem, Iowa caucus veteran Maria Alcivar finally feels American.

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