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Refuge from trauma and torture

By Jack C. Doppelt

The Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti has refocused attention on the world’s trauma victims. They are far too many to [...]

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Arranged globalization: A love story
Arranged globalization: A love story

By Jessica Abels

A world of distance made George and Josephina Harris inseparable.

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The Migration

By Matt Rusling

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.

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Culture Shock
Refugee life for Africans in Chicago
Refugee life for Africans in Chicago

By Kirsten Salyer

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.

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Learning the Language

By Jessica Abels, Raphaelle Neyton and Shasha Zou

In the U.S. Census’ most recent American Community Survey, it is estimated that 51,972 people of Arab descent currently live [...]

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Work, Jobs and Money

By Shanika Gunaratna

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.

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Problems with Papers
Sin Papeles: Life without papers
Sin Papeles: Life without papers

By Liz Hoffman

“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.

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Family
Generators, books and a changing life
Generators, books and a changing life

By Arianna Hermosillo

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.

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Fearing the Law
Lily Ayman: The mother of the Persian textbook
Lily Ayman: The mother of the Persian textbook

By Shasha Zou

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.

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Identity
Two Indian communities join to take on the U.S. Census
Two Indian communities join to take on the U.S. Census

By Jessica Allen

The Indo-American Center just off Devon Avenue has been ready for the 2010 U.S. Census for months, not wanting to [...]

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Good Question
Marrying Into Citizenship – What’s It Involve?
Marrying Into Citizenship – What’s It Involve?

By Benjamin Haas

“You do a lot of research beforehand and you can hear horror stories about things that people have gone through.”

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