Diaspora

December 09, 2019

Last year, South Korea had roughly 599,000 troops in its armed forces, but the supply of able-bodied males are expected to halve within the next decade.

Education

In Turkey, a boarding school cares for Uighur children separated from their parents

The World

November 20, 2019

The children have been unable to speak to their parents in China. No one knows when — or if — the families will be reunited.

Immigration Rewind

I'm an American. But my family came to the US fraudulently.

The World

November 06, 2019

The Trump administration's immigration policies harken back to the origins of immigration restriction a century ago that sought to keep “undesirables” — like my family — out.

Music

Rage against the crisis: Venezuela's punk scene finds a new voice in Bogotá

The World

November 04, 2019

Exilio was formed by three Venezuelan migrants who came together in Bogotá, Colombia, after leaving their friends and family behind to seek a new start. The crisis in Venezuela has produced a new wave of angry youth expressing their rage through heavy guitar riffs and howling vocals.

Arts

'Colonialism is scary as hell': Puerto Rican activists in Chicago stage a haunted house

The World

October 25, 2019

The spooky, interactive experience uses archival audio and video, as well as original art, to trace different periods in the history of Puerto Rico, from the 16th-century Spanish colonization through the United States takeover in 1898 and, finally, Hurricane Maria.

After years of racial discrimination in Russia, this Korean Uzbek community finds peace in New York City

GlobalPost

September 30, 2019

Under the Trump administration, new immigration policy restrictions may impact the 1,000-strong community of Korean Uzbeks in New York City, some of whom came to the US seeking reprieve from harassment and assault in Russia.

Refugees

What it’s like to become a US citizen after a lifetime of statelessness

The World

September 18, 2019

After 42 years as a stateless Rohingya refugee, one Chicago man became a US citizen this summer.

How Dorian's destruction is hurting the Bahamas' most vulnerable

The World

September 12, 2019

The climate crisis is now, says a professor born in the Bahamas, who argued in an essay this week that the disaster exposes existing inequality and hurts the most vulnerable populations.

Displacement

USC students work with refugees to engineer solutions for better camp life

The World

September 11, 2019

Omer Azizi spent much of the past year developing an app that he calls Safar, meaning “journey” in both Farsi and Arabic, to solve the information gap that exists for refugees worldwide. It came out of an assignment in a unique class he took last year from the engineering school at USC.

This new book confronts 'good immigrant' stereotypes, rethinks gratitude

The World

September 04, 2019

In her latest book, "The Ungrateful Refugee," Dina Nayeri reflects on her personal experience as a refugee to deconstruct some of the stereotypes about newcomers.

Diaspora

South Korea wants to draft more men for its shrinking military — and punish those who dodge

In Turkey, a boarding school cares for Uighur children separated from their parents

I'm an American. But my family came to the US fraudulently.

Rage against the crisis: Venezuela's punk scene finds a new voice in Bogotá

'Colonialism is scary as hell': Puerto Rican activists in Chicago stage a haunted house

After years of racial discrimination in Russia, this Korean Uzbek community finds peace in New York City

What it’s like to become a US citizen after a lifetime of statelessness

How Dorian's destruction is hurting the Bahamas' most vulnerable

USC students work with refugees to engineer solutions for better camp life

This new book confronts 'good immigrant' stereotypes, rethinks gratitude

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