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Refuge from trauma and torture
The Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti has refocused attention on the world’s trauma victims. They are far too many to [...]
Beyond the American dream
WBEZ’s Chicago Matters: Beyond Burnham
Chicago’s global immigrants: Beyond the American dream
Maciej Goraj: Envisioning Polish cinema
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Arranged globalization: A love story
A world of distance made George and Josephina Harris inseparable.
The Migration
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.
Culture Shock
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.
Learning the Language
In the U.S. Census’ most recent American Community Survey, it is estimated that 51,972 people of Arab descent currently live [...]
Work, Jobs and Money
A reporter for Hoy, the Chicago’s Tribune Spanish-language newspaper, Peruvian immigrant Mercedes Fernandez stands at the crossroads – or rather, the convergence – of two media markets.
Problems with Papers
Sin Papeles: Life without papers
“They’re not just selling a piece of paper; they’re selling a chance at a life here,” said Jorge Mujica, an immigration activist in Chicago.
Family
Generators, books and a changing life
Mansoor immerses himself in literature, a passion that he has not lost in the shuffle of life. His personal library was vast and every Friday he would head to a book market on Al Mutanabi Street.
Fearing the Law
Lily Ayman: The mother of the Persian textbook
Lily Ayman once wrote a series of textbooks used by all the school children in Iran. After the Islamic Revolution, she was forced to relocate and start a new mission in America–spreading Persian culture to those abroad.
Identity
Two Indian communities join to take on the U.S. Census
The Indo-American Center just off Devon Avenue has been ready for the 2010 U.S. Census for months, not wanting to [...]
Good Question
Marrying Into Citizenship – What’s It Involve?
“You do a lot of research beforehand and you can hear horror stories about things that people have gone through.”
Archived Stories
- 한국선거에 미국인구조사 도움 될까?
- Refuge from trauma and torture
- Census campaign means Spis Powszechny to the Polish community
- Counting Hispanics in Little Village’s hands
- Arab “whites” await the U.S. Census
- U.S. Census challenges fragmented Filipino community
- U.S. Census needed for Korean elections
- Two Indian communities join to take on the U.S. Census
- Census stories link diverse immigrant communities
- Chicago’s global immigrants: Beyond the American dream
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