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Home » asylum

Tag: asylum

Posted inNews & Politics

A DIY music space transforms into a home for asylum seekers

by Alexandra Arriaga and City Bureau May 14, 2021August 18, 2021

At Casa Al-Fatiha in Logan Square, two local musicians built a sanctuary for LGBTQ asylum seekers.

Posted inNews & Politics

Coronavirus leaves immigrants trapped in a byzantine court system

by Stephen Franklin, Catherine Kim, Areeba Shah, Shreya Bansal, LaTesha Harris, Wanying Zhao and Kari Lydersen April 22, 2020August 18, 2021

Many are without lawyers and more frightened and confused than ever.

Posted inNews & Politics

The Promise

by Sarah Conway, Alex V. Hernandez, Jon Brown and Borderless Magazine December 11, 2019August 18, 2021

Like thousands of asylum seekers, Abu Omar waits with the uncertainty of whether the U.S. government will accept his asylum application.

Posted inNews & Politics

Asylum City

by Sarah Conway, Michelle Kanaar, Apoorva Mittal, Kash and Borderless Magazine October 23, 2019August 18, 2021

The harrowing stories of six asylum seekers who now call Chicago home

Posted inNews & Politics

Finding peace and security after asylum

by Carly Graf and 90 Days, 90 Voices October 2, 2019August 18, 2021

Therapists and social workers trained in trauma care are helping asylum seekers along their legal and healing journey.

Posted inNews & Politics

Inside the world of asylum forensic exams

by Apoorva Mittal and 90 Days, 90 Voices August 28, 2019August 18, 2021

Asylum seekers who undergo medical exams as part of their legal case are more than twice as likely to be granted asylum as those who do not.

Posted inNews & Politics

The burden of proof

by Justin Agrelo and 90 Days, 90 Voices July 24, 2019August 18, 2021

How immigration court is especially challenging for LGBTQ asylum seekers

Posted inMusic

Daredevil producer Jlin survives her own trial by fire

by Leor Galil February 13, 2019August 18, 2021

Indiana-based beat wizard Jlin returns to the stage for Pitchfork Midwinter after courting burnout to finish her second album and score an avant-garde dance performance.

Posted inBlogs

Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and other Reader-recommended movies to watch online this week

by Reader staff January 23, 2015August 18, 2021

Reader film capsules guide what you should watch online.

Posted inBlogs

Now on DVD: another end of the world

by Ben Sachs June 29, 2012August 19, 2021

A review of Perfect Sense, a Scottish sci-fi romance new on DVD

Posted inMusic

The Secret History of Chicago Music: Yezda Urfa

by Chicago Reader October 6, 2011August 19, 2021

A record by this 70s prog-rock band recently sold for nearly $2,000

Posted inBlogs

Nafissatou Diallo and Tiawanda Moore

by Sam Worley August 25, 2011August 19, 2021

Repercussions of the dropped sexual-assault charges.

Posted inBlogs

Immigration folly set right

by Harold Henderson January 30, 2007August 19, 2021

Fundamentalist Muslims in Cairo beat a Christian for not turning over a friend to be murdered for converting to Christianity. A U.S. judge saw no sign he’d suffered religious persecution.

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