Caitlin Dickerson penned a powerful must-read piece in The Atlantic that deftly delves into the anti-immigrant sentiment that is as American as apple pie. Our beautiful melting pot was not meant to be or even welcomed for that matter.…
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Friend to the UC and local novelist A. J. Sidransky has another outstanding novel to dig into. To celebrate the release of the final installment of The Forgiving Series, Forgiving Stephen Redmond, Alan will read from the book, followed…
Friend to the UC, A. J. Sidransky (Forgiving Maximo Rothman) is back with the first novel in his new “Justice” series. To celebrate the release of The Interpreter, Alan will read, followed by a Q&A with our very own…
BY AJ Sidransky (@AJSidransky) CHAPTER 1 Manila, The Philippines – March 1945 Kurt stood and stretched, dead tired and dead hungry. The heat was intense inside the musty, improvised barracks located in an old school behind a church. He…
By Gregg McQueen “Do your job.” Lawmakers and advocates are demanding that county clerks throughout the state fulfill their responsibilities – no matter their politics. New York State is set to become the 13th state in the country to…
NEW YORK AS A CITY OF REFUGE Rob Snyder, co-author of the new book All the Nations Under Heaven: Immigrants, Migrants and the Making of New York, will speak about how generations of immigrants and migrants have found (and…
By Gregg McQueen Carmen Barbosa remembers the fear. The 80-year-old Washington Heights resident came to the United States from Cartagena, Columbia in 1981. She wished to start a new life after her husband passed away, and find more consistent…
On alert. President Donald Trump has ordered deportation raids to begin on Sunday in at least 10 major cities, according to published reports. On Thursday, the New York Times reported that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents will begin…
Our Editor-In-Chief, Led Black, had the honor of taking part in a next generation public forum at the venerable Riverside Church on October 22. The global digital magazine Ozy produced the televised debate, which is part of a new…
Story by Sherry Mazzocchi When ICE knocks, you don’t have to open the door. A recent video from Clayton, North Carolina, reveals a pre-dawn raid conducted by Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) where Juan Oliva, 33, says goodbye to his…