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Stella of Tremont

By the time she was four, my grandmother had survived her first global pandemic. A lifetime later, she is weathering another.

Jennifer Winegardner2020-04-22T15:04:04-04:00April 17, 2020|
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  • Castillo - Trees

Fragmentos de Niña Codiciosa

"Does land have a memory?"

Christiana Castillo2020-06-12T14:46:02-04:00April 8, 2020|
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Finding Refuge in Southwest Detroit

Since the early twentieth century, the area has been a safe haven for Latinx—including my family.

Christiana Castillo2020-04-01T15:59:41-04:00February 7, 2020|
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  • Southwest Detroit family memory

Con Amor Por Southwest Detroit

Volver, Volver//These spaces still hold your treasures,these pieces y cosas/that I can no longer hold in my hand

Christiana Castillo2020-01-17T10:25:05-05:00December 16, 2019|
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  • Shapiro's Deli - Indianapolis

Rediscovering the Neighborhood of Saturdays

The legacy of a multiracial community on Indianapolis’s south side.

Susan B. Hyatt2020-04-30T14:12:51-04:00December 11, 2019|
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  • Sarah-Ji - ICE Rally 9

Protesting ICE Immigration Raids in Chicago

Thousands gathered in Chicago's Daley Plaza to protest migrant imprisonment and planned ICE raids in major U.S. cities.

Sarah-Ji2019-08-01T15:16:05-04:00July 14, 2019|
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  • Briethe - Indiana Beach

What Indiana Dunes National Park and the Border Wall Have in Common

Among other things, they offer the opportunity to envision a healthy future for everyone.

Ava Tomasula y Garcia2019-12-06T13:36:35-05:00April 5, 2019|
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  • Chicago Winter - Quinn Dombrowski (Flickr)

A Skillet of Suns and Oceans

"and there I was,/wearing a two-hundred-dollar wool coat/in my own kitchen.../homesick and hungry"

Iris Orpi2019-04-01T12:15:08-04:00February 4, 2019|
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Come to Cleveland? Maybe Not

Why doesn't Cleveland welcome new immigrants? With a deplorable record on immigration, the city banks on ex-Clevelanders, not immigrant entrepreneurs.

Anne Trubek2014-05-22T10:30:33-04:00March 31, 2014|
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