The language we use to discuss immigration is dehumanizing: ‘catch and release’, ‘migrant caravans’, swarms – anything, in other words, but people. Now, the Biden administration has changed that. I wrote this for The Guardian. This week, the Biden administration fulfilled a promise it made on Joe Biden’s first day in office. …
Did you know that our government has effectively been forcing people to choose between heat in their apartment and the risk of deportation? It’s an appalling policy. I wrote this for The Guardian. If you had to choose between having running water at home or risking your home being raided …
The Biden Administration re-opened a Trump-era detention site for migrant children. Rather than seeking out new and better solutions–alternatives that depend on …
In the wake of the storming of the Capitol, many people have begun calling to expand the War on Terror. This would …
The election is over, and every immigrant, refugee, asylum seeker, and human being can now breathe a sigh of a relief. I …
I wrote this essay, prompted by Donald Trump’s photo-op visit to Kenosha, Wisconsin, for The Guardian. Here’s part of the essay: It …
I wrote this essay, on how the latest conspiracy theory is yet another example of how Americans are being misled by right-wing …
I wrote this piece for The Nation, and it was published on June 30. Around the same time that I was writing …
I wrote this op-ed for the New York Times on why nuisance abatement laws force stores in low-income neighborhoods to operate almost …
I was asked by Scena 9, a Romanian magazine, to write a very short essay on the Black Lives Matter protests in …