Migration

Slavers in the family: What a castle in Accra reveals about Ghana's history

August 19, 2019

When Rachel Engmann visited Christiansborg Castle, she noted a water cistern in the courtyard inscribed with the name “Carl Gustav Engmann.” She sought to find out more.

400 years: Slavery’s unresolved history

A professor with Ghanaian roots unearths a slave castle’s history — and her own

PRI's The World

August 19, 2019

Rachel Engmann, a professor at Hampshire College, found her surname in a slave castle in Accra, Ghana, and decided to do some digging.

Resistance and collaboration: Asameni and the keys to Christiansborg Castle in Accra

The Conversation

August 16, 2019

The story of how Christiansborg Castle’s keys come to be at the Bogyawe Palace is an intriguing one.

Immigration

Cuccinelli’s ‘bootstraps’ line reflects historical amnesia of ‘public charge’

PRI's The World

August 15, 2019

The "likely to become a public charge" clause originally targeted southern and eastern European immigrants. It has since become a tool to exclude "undesirable" immigrants du jour.

Immigration

Public charge rule has history of ‘racial exclusion,’ says immigration historian

PRI's The World

August 14, 2019

Two California counties are suing the Trump Administration to block a new rule that would make it harder for immigrants to gain permanent residency in the US. But the "public charge" rule isn't anything new.

Borders

Mexico: The ‘waiting room’ for thousands of migrants trying to get into the US

PRI's The World

August 12, 2019

The World’s Monica Campbell shares stories of migrants waiting in Tijuana, Mexico, to enter the US.

Migration

Trump’s public charge rule is ‘really ripe for abuse,’ says migration expert

PRI's The World

August 12, 2019

The Trump administration issued a "public charge" rule designed to restrict residency for immigrants with the potential to receive public assistance.

Extremism

Students at El Paso school district want to 'set example' for future generation

PRI's The World

August 09, 2019

It's up to the students to make change, student leader says, as new poll reveals 78% of Americans said it was likely that another mass shooting would take place in the next three months.

Immigration

Shopkeepers sue Sicilian Mafia in first-ever migrant-led case

PRI's The World

August 08, 2019

Nayeem's is the first case of its kind in Sicily where migrant shop-owners decided to confront the Mafia and inform the authorities

Refugees

‘It kills you, the waiting’: Syrians live under threat of deportation in Turkey

PRI's The World

August 07, 2019

Reports of deportations to Syria, denied by the Turkish government, have sent a wave of fear through Istanbul’s Syrian community — many of whom say they could face recruitment by militants, aerial bombardment or torture in regime prisons if they return to Syria.

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