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I was born in downtown Flushing, New York, in the post-1965 wave of South Asian immigration to the area. I spent a lot of time…
immigration
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I covered the immigrant “mega marches” as a freelance reporter in 2006. In response to some horrific, punitive legislation passed by the House of Representatives, millions…
Photo: Farmworker Association of Florida.
Restaurant worker and painter José Garcia says “positive thinking makes everything easier.” He has a lot to make easier. Prior to the coronavirus crisis, the…
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In April the U.S. government carried out its largest workplace raid on immigrants in 10 years, detaining 280 people in Texas. It’s the latest attack…
Photo: Wisconsin Poor People's Campaign
Hardship is a lot more widespread in the Badger State than the official numbers would have you believe. A few weeks before the election, a…
This 2018 audit of poverty, systemic racism, militarism, and environmental devastation in the United States was co-edited by me at the Institute for Policy Studies…
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This May marked the 25th anniversary of the passing of author and political activist C.L.R. James. Well known for his novels as well as his…
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A conversation with Rhacel Salazar Parreñas, an assistant professor of Asian American Studies at the University of California, Davis who went undercover in Japan to learn…
“Derechos para todos, como agua para todos, como…para todos”–and here I stopped Gustavo (last name withheld), because I didn’t know what that last word was.…