From a studio inside his closet, one refugee is using YouTube to broadcast information about coronavirus.
Tag: refugee
Posted inNews & Politics
Coronavirus leaves immigrants trapped in a byzantine court system
Many are without lawyers and more frightened and confused than ever.
Posted inNews & Politics
Finding peace and security after asylum
Therapists and social workers trained in trauma care are helping asylum seekers along their legal and healing journey.
Posted inNews & Politics
‘A place I can call home’
Chicago has one of the largest Rohingya refugee populations in the country. This is one survivor’s story.
Posted inNews & Politics
‘The house is yours’
Resettlement agencies say refugees are moving to the suburbs in search of cheaper homes and better-paying jobs.
Posted inMusic
Ephraim Bugumba sings his refugee’s tale as Storyteller
Ephraim Bugumba’s long, hard journey from the Congo to DeKalb began when he was three, but as Storyteller he uses music to keep a connection to home alive.
Posted inFood & Drink
A small Michigan deli is preserving the food traditions of a Syrian city under siege
Exotic Bakeries & Syrian Cuisine in Ann Arbor maintains the home-cooking customs of Jisr al-Shughur.
Posted inBlogs
In this week’s Reader: For the love of pinball
What’s in the February 23, 2012 issue of the Reader
Posted inArts & Culture
Aleksander Hemon
Much has been made of Aleksandar Hemon’s remarkable facility with the English language–which he was forced to learn just 12 years ago, after landing in Chicago as an accidental refugee of the war in Bosnia. And his 2002 novel, Nowhere Man, now out in a Vintage paperback edition, is full of the sort of inventive […]