The New Sanctuary Coalition has been training people to accompany immigrants to check-ins and court dates for 11 years. Since Trump took office, they’re volunteer base is growing.
Salih Abdullah was tired of racism and Islamophobia. So like many other African American Muslims, he gave the kingdom a chance.
Trust the man. He’s photographed 15,000 dogs.
Khalid Latif, an imam for the New York Police Department, on life in and out of uniform.
After an hour-long check-in with immigration agents, Ravi Ragbir was released. The catch? He has to return in a month with his travel documents.
Ravi Ragbir, from his office at Judson Memorial Church in New York City, says immigrants shouldn't go into hiding. That's why he's keeping his scheduled check-in with immigration agents, even if it means he might be deported to Trinidad.
On Thursday, Yemeni bodega owners in New York declared a strike: They would close for eight hours, from noon to 8 p.m., in protest of Trump's immigration and refugee restrictions.
Back in the 1960s, there were fewer than 10 lion dancer troupes participating in the Lunar New Year parade in New York's China. Today it’s more like 40 or 50.
Lots of actors moonlight as waiters or baristas to pay the bills. Alex Kramer moonlights as a spy.
Souleymane Guengueng, at home in the Bronx, once helped imprison a brutal former president of Chad. Now, he hopes to teach others how he did it.
In the months after 9/11, the US government set up a system to register and interview men from Muslim-majority countries in an effort to combat terrorism. It was quietly shelved after a few years mostly because it didn't work. Trump’s advisors want to bring it back.