‘They Had Found Out That I Am Gay, and They Were Going to Kill Me’
John Washington The Nigerian asylee running New York City’s only homeless shelter for refugees. The post ‘They Had Found Out That I Am Gay, and They Were Going to Kill Me’ appeared first on The Nation.
View Article‘I Don’t Want to Stay in a Country That Doesn’t Want Me As Badly as I Want It’
John Washington The visa-holding university student who grew up in the United States but may never be able to work here. The post ‘I Don’t Want to Stay in a Country That Doesn’t Want Me As Badly as I...
View Article‘“Are You Illegal?” I Will Never Forget Those Words.’
John Washington 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. The post ‘“Are You Illegal?” I Will Never...
View Article‘It’s Not Shameful to Work in the Fields. But It’s Hard.’
John Washington Americans don’t want these jobs, or can’t do them—so nearly a quarter of a million guest workers do them instead. The post ‘It’s Not Shameful to Work in the Fields. But It’s Hard.’...
View Article‘I Used to Wonder What My Karma Was That I Had to End Up in a Place Like This’
John Washington 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. The post ‘I Used to Wonder What My Karma Was That I...
View Article‘We Are So Much More Than Victims’
John Washington 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. The post ‘We Are...
View Article‘It’s Like Living in Solitary Confinement, but Out in the World’
John Washington 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. The post...
View ArticleHear From Immigrants and Refugees in Their Own Words
John Washington Migrant Voices, a series from The Nation. The post Hear From Immigrants and Refugees in Their Own Words appeared first on The Nation.
View Article‘That First Night in America, I Couldn’t Sleep’
John Washington After growing up in China, a young woman tries to find her place in Oakland. The post ‘That First Night in America, I Couldn’t Sleep’ appeared first on The Nation.
View Article‘An Experience I Wouldn’t Wish My Worst Enemy to Undergo’
John Washington In ICE detention for more than two years, a man from Cameroon pens a plea for mercy. The post ‘An Experience I Wouldn’t Wish My Worst Enemy to Undergo’ appeared first on The Nation.
View Article‘Even In a Pandemic, We’re Still a Minority’
John Washington After fleeing long-term sexual abuse in Honduras, one young man tries to survive the coronavirus lockdown in San Francisco. The post ‘Even In a Pandemic, We’re Still a Minority’...
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