Migrant women
Throughout the pandemic, there’s been an outpouring of public support for essential workers. But this has largely excluded migrant women farmworkers, despite their vital role in keeping food on American…
Mexican immigrants
When we think about Mexican immigration to el norte, we must examine it under historical context. That is, unlike the millions of European immigrants who travelled across an entire ocean…
America’s addiction
As part of a crackdown on corruption and crime, Mexico’s new president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, has revamped the national fuel distribution system to deter petrol theft - a move…
Broadening the bounds of condemnable bigotry
TV star Roseanne Barr’s racist tweet about Valerie Jarrett is a symbol of just how overtly the racist dehumanization of people of color continues to play out in Trump’s America.…
Thousands of agents diverted to Trump immigration crackdown
Brad Heath, Joshua Schneyer, Marisa Taylor, Sarah N. Lynch, Mike Spector Federal agents who usually hunt down child abusers are now cracking down on immigrants who live in the US…
A kind of insanity
The US has consistently followed a line which either veers to the right or in a few cases has deviated slightly to the centre. It has not really moved from…
An economic miracle
Consider a country where utter poverty led to people starving to death. With limited natural resources and more than 7,000 individuals per square kilometres of population, as against Pakistan's around…
Companies warn Trump: Census citizenship question could be costly
An array of the US companies have told the Trump administration that a citizenship question on the 2020 Census would harm business if it leads to an undercount of immigrants,…
Sinking dreams
OVER the past few years, several tragic incidents have occurred involving boats carrying Pakistani migrants attempting to reach Europe through irregular channels. On June 14, 2023, the Adriana, an overcrowded…
Friends or foes? A transatlantic rift
The alacrity with which American President Donald Trump is trying to secure peace in war-ravaged Ukraine despite Europe’s reservations indicates that Washington is indifferent to the sensitivities of the continent.…
