Politics
PRI's The World
October 20, 2016
During Wednesday night's presidential debate, Republican nominee Donald Trump referenced his trip to Miami's Little Haiti neighborhood, likening the city to the Caribbean country, saying that people there "hate the Clintons because what's happened in Haiti with the Clinton Foundation." Clinton defended the foundation's work, comparing its accomplishments to those of the Trump Foundation's. It underscored the complicated feelings about Clinton among Haitian-Americans.
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Politics
More Mexicans are crossing the border — to leave the US. Here’s one family’s story.
PRI's The World
January 18, 2017
More than a year ago, a husband and wife from Mexico voluntarily returned to their country of origin and left their Americanized sons in the United States. Now that Trump has been elected, will more immigrant parents make the same choice?
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Arts, Culture & Media
‘Hello, my name is Yes,’ and other English names in China
PRI's The World
April 22, 2014
China may be experiencing a golden age of memorable English names. Millions of young Chinese are giving themselves English names of all shapes and sizes. But there’s also evidence that the trend may be peaking.
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Politics
As Cuban migration surges, a woman in Pittsburgh offers shelter to her compatriots
PRI's The World
September 29, 2016
When we think of Cuban exiles we think of Miami, but new Cuban migrants are looking elsewhere for work and housing. In Pittsburgh, one Cuban woman opened her house to more recent arrivals to help them get settled.
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Conflict & Justice
What you missed in US immigration this year
January 01, 2015
The largest immigration detention center opened. Refugees from Bhutan struggled with depression and suicide. And migrants rode The Beast. These are the stories from 2014 you may have missed.
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Conflict & Justice
Who's responsible for the flood of migrants arriving on the shores of Italy?
PRI's The World
April 17, 2015
Warm weather means a rise in the number of people leaving the Middle East and Africa and heading to the shores of Italy, France and Greece. Many die on the way and even those who make it, have a hard time settling in Europe.
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Conflict & Justice
Óscar Martínez on why El Salvador is a 'good place to kill'
PRI's The World
April 20, 2016
His first book was a deep look at the dangers of the journey to escape. 'A History of Violence' focuses on why people take the journey to begin with.
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Development & Education
What it's like to return to Mexico, from the perspectives of three kids who grew up north of the border
PRI's The World
June 17, 2016
These three high school students didn’t have much of a choice when they left the US, where they were raised for most of their lives. These are their stories, in their own words.
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Conflict & Justice
Trump says there are 2 million 'criminal aliens' in the US. It's not clear where he got that number.
PRI's The World
September 01, 2016
Donald Trump says people don’t even talk about the issue. But he does. He calls them "criminal aliens" — undocumented immigrants with criminal records living in the United States. And he says there are 2 million of them.
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Conflict & Justice
If Paddington Bear came to the UK today, he might be detained for illegal entry
PRI's The World
December 04, 2014
Paddington Bear, the much loved children's book character, managed to find refuge in Britain starting in the 1950s. But he probably wouldn't fare so well if he tried to move to the UK today.
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Arts, Culture & Media
One Honduran woman decided not to leave for the US thanks to her Garifuna culture
PRI's The World
January 23, 2015
Among the thousands of young Hondurans coming to the US last year were Garifuna, descendants of African slaves with their own distinct culture. But some Garifuna are opting to stay. Here's why.