immigration

How Chinese Migrants Built the Transcontinental Railroad
During a ceremony, two men shake hands while surrounded by a crowd of men and two locomotives facing each other.

How Chinese Migrants Built the Transcontinental Railroad

The Transcontinental Railroad is hailed as one of the country’s greatest engineering feats, but the immigrants who built it have long been ignored. 

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The Deadly Consequences of Criminalizing Migrants
Four people stand at the bottom of a hill as a group of border patrol stand guard behind a barb wired fence.

The Deadly Consequences of Criminalizing Migrants

The Ciudad Juárez fire tragedy is not an outlier but a direct result of deprioritizing human life in U.S. immigration policies.

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What the Myth of Enslaved Irish People Tells Us About Whiteness and Resistance
A small hand-size version of the Irish flag hangs on a kiosk outside.

What the Myth of Enslaved Irish People Tells Us About Whiteness and Resistance

Though Irish people suffered from colonization, the “Irish were slaves first” story is used to attack the struggle for racial justice.

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Hunger Strike Continues at ICE Detention Centers
A protester in front of a detention center holds a pink sign that reads, "Retaliation from ICE for hunger strike."

Hunger Strike Continues at ICE Detention Centers

Immigrants in two for-profit detention centers in California are on a hunger strike against the “abhorrent” conditions in the facilities.

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Who is “White”? How the Supreme Court Helped Constructed Our Definition of Race
Two sepia-tone photographs of Bhagat Singh Thind. One the left, a battalion of soldiers stand together. On the right, Thind poses with a rifle in hand.

Who is “White”? How the Supreme Court Helped Constructed Our Definition of Race

The U.S. legal system played a vital role in constructing the country’s understanding of race and whiteness, as was the case of Bhagat Singh Thind.

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How Anti-Filipino Hate Led to the Watsonville Riots
Two sepia-tone photographs of Filipino farm workers tending a field. On the left, workers put crop inside crates. One the right, a farm worker stands in a field of cauliflower.

How Anti-Filipino Hate Led to the Watsonville Riots

The Watsonville Riots was a violent attack on Filipino farmworkers by a mob of white residents in the city of Watsonville, California, between January 19 and January 30, 1930.

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How Population Collapse Revived a Pro-Birth Movement
A person in a holds a newborn to their chest with a blanket covering them both.

How Population Collapse Revived a Pro-Birth Movement

Concerns of an imminent population collapse stoke fear that humanity is about to face its biggest threat due to declining birth rates globally.

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‘Remain in Mexico’ and the Cruelty Behind Anti-Immigration Policies
Police interacting with people on the street lined with tents.

‘Remain in Mexico’ and the Cruelty Behind Anti-Immigration Policies

Policies like Title 42 and Remain in Mexico fail to address or deter migration but ensure the journey to the U.S. is more dangerous.

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The ‘Great Replacement’ Theory: From Conspiracy to Mainstream Violence
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The ‘Great Replacement’ Theory: From Conspiracy to Mainstream Violence

The far-right conspiracy, or the “great replacement” theory, has gained popularity globally, fueling racial violence and attacks like the Buffalo mass shooting.

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The Mothers of Disappeared Migrants Search for Justice
A person with a mask holds a picture of relative who has gone missing.

The Mothers of Disappeared Migrants Search for Justice

Thousands of migrants have disappeared due to cruel U.S. immigration policies, causing their relatives to search for answers and their remains.

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