Miscellaneous

The US adoption system discriminates against darker-skinned children

The Conversation

February 21, 2019

Darker-skinned children wait longer to be adopted and it costs more to adopt a white baby.

Commentary: Trump’s immigration blame game

The Center for Public Integrity

February 06, 2019

Migrants have long assumed costs, risks of border crossing — but Trump’s finger pointing now adds to the burden.

Why I can’t quit Facebook: I want to click 'love' when I see refugees' big milestones

PRI's The World

February 04, 2019

The World reporter Tania Karas covers global migration and often meets people on the move. Because of Facebook, she's been able to watch the milestones of refugees long after parting ways.

Immigration

Washington just spent a month in gridlock over the wall. Will Trump's State of the Union speech change anything?

PRI's The World

February 04, 2019

In Trump's 2018 address, he outlined a four-pillar plan for immigration reform. Since the speech, he's focused on funding for a border wall, which caused the stalemate and the longest government shutdown in US history.

Global Politics

Garbage collection in Syria is crucial to fighting ISIS

The Conversation

January 17, 2019

Syrian refugees will never go back home if their towns can’t offer the basic services they enjoyed before the war. A lack of basic civil services leaves a perfect vacuum for extremist groups like ISIS to exploit by taking control of essentially ungoverned territory.

Indonesia searches for survivors after deadly tsunami

Reuters

December 24, 2018

Hundreds were killed and more than 1,000 wounded in Saturday's tsunami, which was triggered by an underwater volcano eruption.

These fourth graders penned climate change poetry inspired by our coverage

PRI's The World

December 21, 2018

A story from The World inspired a Boston 4th grader to write a poem about climate change and the Amazon. Then her whole class got into the act.

Commentary

Only a few terrorist groups achieve their goals, study finds

The Conversation

December 20, 2018

In a study of 90 political groups, those who used terrorism achieved their goals less than those who used other tactics.

Commentary

Conflict in Cameroon is extracting a heavy toll on ordinary people

The Conversation

December 11, 2018

Until a few years ago, Cameroon was a nation on the move. But a peaceful protest three years ago against the marginalization of Anglophone Cameroon quickly turned violent, leading for many to call for the formation of a separate republic — and the conflict has taken its toll.

Commentary

Why does the migrant 'caravan' exist? And how did it come to be?

The Conversation

November 02, 2018

About 7,000 migrants — mostly from Guatemala and Honduras — are heading to the US. The roots of their plight are connected to a deadly history of US involvement in Central America, says assistant professor Jerry Flores.

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