James Edwards

The World

James Edwards is a former social media producer at The World's Global Nation desk.

James Edwards is a former social media producer at The World's Global Nation desk. Previously, he was a reporter and producer with WGBH News, contributing to the station's coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings and manhunt. James was also a contributor to WGBH's award-winning radio series on the Boston area's changing Catholic Church. James began his career at the investigative magazine The Chicago Reporter and the television show Need to Know on PBS. He is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago and Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.


Ricardo Aca

An undocumented immigrant who works in a Trump hotel continues to stands up to The Donald

Ricardo Aca has been speaking out against Trump's comments about Mexican immigrants. Following Trump's visit to Mexico on Wednesday, we reached out to Aca to get his impression and to see if his views on Trump had changed.

An undocumented immigrant who works in a Trump hotel continues to stands up to The Donald
LGBTQ

Anti-LGBTQ laws in US prompt travel warning from UK's government

Anti-LGBTQ laws in US prompt travel warning from UK's government
school building

How to keep immigrant and first-generation students 'dropping in' instead of dropping out

How to keep immigrant and first-generation students 'dropping in' instead of dropping out
Jose and Oscar

Their parents work the farms as migrant labor. What are their kids' lives like?

Their parents work the farms as migrant labor. What are their kids' lives like?
Soldiers patrol in front of the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs Elysees in Paris, France, November 16, 2015, as security increases after last Friday's series of deadly attacks in the French capital.

France identifies Belgian as Paris attacks mastermind; US bombs ISIS oil trucks

France identifies Belgian as Paris attacks mastermind; US bombs ISIS oil trucks
Grace Lee Boggs

Remembering the life of trailblazer Grace Lee Boggs

Spurned by academia in the 1940s due to discrimination, Grace Lee Boggs spent the rest of her life fighting against such oppression.

Remembering the life of trailblazer Grace Lee Boggs
Yogi Berra

The neighborhood that taught Yogi Berra to take those forks in the road

The neighborhood where Yogi Berra grew up is an American story in itself. And it's not over.

The neighborhood that taught Yogi Berra to take those forks in the road
Ahmed Mohamed

Ahmed Mohamed and the lingering effects of racial profiling

The arrest of 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed shows that despite efforts and reforms, racial profiling persists throughout many communities in the US.

Ahmed Mohamed and the lingering effects of racial profiling
Karla Hernandez-Mats

Teaching a global nation: Supporting immigrant students in a place where they are not the minority

A teacher describes a community that embraces diversity.

Teaching a global nation: Supporting immigrant students in a place where they are not the minority
Boston students

Teaching a global nation: US classrooms are becoming an unlikely immigration battleground

With the 2016 election in full swing, the debate around immigration reform and border control is raging across the country. And it's playing out in some unlikely places — America's classrooms.

Teaching a global nation: US classrooms are becoming an unlikely immigration battleground
Virginia shooting memorial

For me, there's no shock at 'America's first social media murder'

The Virginia shooting captured on live TV was a shock for many, but the type of violence others have witnessed happens countless times in many urban neighborhoods without the TV cameras.

For me, there's no shock at 'America's first social media murder'
daily stormer 3

The white supremacists lining up behind Trump

Anti-discrimination activists fear more attacks prompted by Trump's rhetoric nationwide and note a number of white supremacists have come out in praise of the GOP presidential candidate.

The white supremacists lining up behind Trump
Wrestler Hulk Hogan rallies the crowd during Game 4 of the 2009 NBA Finals.

Hulk Hogan may be on the hot seat, but racism in pro wrestling is far from being down for the count

The Hogan scandal is part of a long history pro wresting has with race and its depictions of stereotypes.

Hulk Hogan may be on the hot seat, but racism in pro wrestling is far from being down for the count
Lafayette shooting

Looking at the 'virtue' that drives some to kill themselves and others

Professor and suicide researcher Thomas Joiner estimates that at least two percent of suicides in the US also involve the killing of at least one other person.

Looking at the 'virtue' that drives some to kill themselves and others
Florida Senator Marco Rubio celebrates his 2010 election win with his mother Oria.

Immigrant bashers among the 6 sons of immigrants running for president

Donald Trump and Bobby Jindal appear to be running away from their parents' immigrant roots. However, Marco Rubio's mom once told him: "They’re human beings just like us, and they came for the same reasons we came."

Immigrant bashers among the 6 sons of immigrants running for president