Diaspora

June 17, 2019

Adila Sadir, a Uighur woman from China, never expected to make a life for herself in Massachusetts, but recent persecution of the Uighurs in her homeland has lead her to stay. Now, she owns the only Uighur restaurant in the state and is speaking out about her people's struggle.

Diaspora

War or no war? Iranians in California try to make sense of US-Iran tensions

PRI's The World

June 07, 2019

Today, about 180,000 Iranians live across California. Some say hearing calls for war between the US and Iran is like a "roller coaster ride" — and opinions vary on whether they would support US military strikes.

Identity

Thousands of mixed-race British babies were born in World War II — and adoption by their black American fathers was blocked

The Conversation

May 17, 2019

This sorry tale of institutional racism represents a scandal to rival the treatment of the Windrush generation.