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Arts, Culture & Media
‘Hello, my name is Yes,’ and other English names in China
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.
Global Politics
When undocumented migrants photograph their own journey across the border
The World
June 10, 2014
Many photographers have documented the journey that migrants make through Mexico to the US. But this new project gave the cameras to the migrants themselves.
Justice
If Paddington Bear came to the UK today, he might be detained for illegal entry
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.
Conflict
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.
Culture
One Honduran woman decided not to leave for the US thanks to her Garifuna culture
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.
Conflict
Who's responsible for the flood of migrants arriving on the shores of Italy?
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.
Conflict
New to America, this young Vietnamese refugee wanted to ‘erase’ his past
The World
April 28, 2015
A brother and sister remember their abrupt start to a new life in America after they fled collapsing South Vietnam. It's one story among the many collected by StoryCorps from Vietnamese refugees whose lives were changed by the fall of Saigon in 1975.
Conflict
The illusion of 'controlled migration' is that you can actually control it
The World
May 11, 2015
The European Union has a plan to divvy up the burden of migrants crossing the Mediterranean. It's an effort to prove that European countries can control their borders, but it's one that ignores the underlying problem of why people are leaving their countries by the thousands.
Conflict
Migrants are sleeping on cardboard outside Italian train stations after EU halts their journey north
The World
June 15, 2015
Hundreds of migrants are sleeping in the rough in Italian train stations and on its border crossings. The stalled travelers are mainly migrants from north Africa who've survived a perilous journey by sea only to be turned back by new, tough restrictions in northern Europe.
Global Politics
Do good fences make good neighbors? A history of border walls.
The Takeaway
August 28, 2015
There's Trump's wall. The 'new Iron Curtain' in Hungary. But do such walls really keep out migrants and refugees?