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Chicago buzzes in the summer: Snapshots from 2010

Click above on the words Summer Snapshots 2010 Chicago buzzes in the summer. You feel it along the lakefront, on…

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Fleeing and seeing Colombia

Cristina just wanted to vote, she told me, and give back to the country that brought her out of a dark, traumatic time.

The Migration
A Minority within a minority: The Portuguese entrepreneurs of Paris

Alberto Alves crossed on foot. The goal was the same: to flee Portugal’s misery and Salazar’s dictatorship to look for a better future in France.

Culture Shock
African drums in Buenos Aires

Watching Cheikh guide the group, feeling the percussive vibrations resound against my heartbeat, I thought about the beauty of one person’s culture becoming something truly shared at the most essential level.

Learning the Language
Refugee life for Africans in Chicago

For Gebre, everything he knew about Chicago, he learned from watching “Home Alone.” When he came to Chicago he did not own a winter jacket. Now, at the start of his second winter in the city, he remembers his shock and delight at seeing snow for the first time.

Work, Jobs and Money
Nursing shortage looms in Britain as nurses seek more money, better lifestyle across the ocean

“When I arrived in the UK, all of my qualifications and credentials went down the drain.”

Problems with Papers
Angy, asked and answered

I saw my 46-year-old father slowly kneel on the ground next to my mother, who scurried to hold him back up. “I’m so sorry, Yoona, and I’m so sorry to your mom,” he whispered. “I’m an illegal and I’m so sorry I can’t be the husband or father I want to be.”

Family
The sleepover: 25 years in the waiting

In the morning, I sent my mother a text asking how her night was. Her response was simple: “SO MUCH FUN! It’s been so long.”

Fearing the Law
The perilous road to Seoul

Less than 30 minutes after the trial begins, two of the eleven defendants are publicly executed. The defendants are accused of human trafficking for taking North Koreans across the border into China.

Identity
Being an American citizen isn’t quite enough

What started out as a simple trip to Mexico had turned into a three-hour nightmare on the border…The patrol took one look at my father’s dark skin and dull eyes and sent us off to the parking lot.

Good Question
Who can the undocumented trust?

The safest option, sources say, is to inquire about an organization’s confidentiality policy before seeking services.

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