Immigration

November 30, 2020

Armenians have evacuated houses —and attended church services — in the remote region handed over to Baku's control recently as part of a Russian-administered peace deal.

Music

Four musicians grapple with the same question: What is home?

The World

November 26, 2020

“Movement,” a one-hour special from The World, brings you stories of global migration through music. Together, host Marco Werman and Ethiopian American singer Meklit Hadero blend song and narrative in a meditation on what it means to be American. We follow a once-undocumented singer in San Francisco on a long-awaited trip back to Mexico, reflect on the experience of exile with a Syrian DJ and hear a Sudanese American artist play his first-ever show in Sudan — all guided by Hadero as she reflects on her own American story.

Refugees

An Afghan asylum-seeker lost his son in tragic boat journey to Greece. Now, he faces prison time.

The World

November 20, 2020

The case has received international attention, partly because Greek authorities took the unprecedented step of arresting the grieving father and charging him with child endangerment.

Immigration

California immigrants put faith in Biden executive order to end travel ban

The World

November 20, 2020

The next president could undo the travel ban just the way Trump started it. That would trigger a reversal at the State Department, US Customs and Border Protection and other federal agencies.

COVID-19: The latest from The World

Study shows Black people twice as likely as whites to contract coronavirus

The World

November 13, 2020

A new investigation looked at more than 18 million people who took part in 50 studies in the US and UK. The World spoke to Charles Kwaku-Odo with the Caribbean and African Health Network about the study's findings on the virus's inequities.

Global Politics

Human rights groups weigh boycott of 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing

The World

November 12, 2020

In September, more than 160 advocacy organizations wrote a letter to the International Olympic Committee asking for the Games to be moved out of China.

He survived torture in a Syrian prison. Now, he’s set to study in the US.

The World

November 10, 2020

Omar Alshogre was a teenager when security forces in Syria arrested him for participating in demonstrations. He was imprisoned and tortured. Last month, Alshogre learned he had been accepted to Georgetown University.

Politics

The 'Latino vote': 32 million Americans share diverse politics and many national origins

The Conversation

November 10, 2020

Explaining what the polls — and many of the candidates too — keep getting wrong about the United States' largest minority group.

Immigration

At US-Mexico border, asylum-seekers watch election returns for signs of change

The World

November 06, 2020

For those stranded, the stakes of the US presidential contest could not be higher. But policy reforms are likely to take months, at the earliest.

US politics

First- and second-generation Americans score historic wins in key races across the nation

The World

November 05, 2020

Immigrants and children of immigrants won key positions across the country in the 2020 elections, and they even helped flip whole states.

Immigration

Following loss in war, Armenians bid adieu to Kelbajar area given to Azerbaijan

Four musicians grapple with the same question: What is home?

An Afghan asylum-seeker lost his son in tragic boat journey to Greece. Now, he faces prison time.

California immigrants put faith in Biden executive order to end travel ban

Study shows Black people twice as likely as whites to contract coronavirus

Human rights groups weigh boycott of 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing

He survived torture in a Syrian prison. Now, he’s set to study in the US.

The 'Latino vote': 32 million Americans share diverse politics and many national origins

At US-Mexico border, asylum-seekers watch election returns for signs of change

First- and second-generation Americans score historic wins in key races across the nation

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