The US government is deploying robot dogs to the Mexico border. Seriously?
As if the border isn’t surveilled and militarized enough, the Department of Homeland Security wants to go full Black Mirror. I wrote …
Justice for Ahmaud Arbery
Recognizing that jury reached the right verdict – even as the criminal justice system did everything it could to exonerate the three …
Men on horses chasing Black asylum seekers? Sadly, America has seen it before
Horrified by the images of Haitian asylum seekers being met violently by men on horses? I know I was. I wrote this …
Dangerous outsiders and exceptional citizens: being Muslim American since 9/11
This is the second article I wrote on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. This piece, for The …
How the War on Terror Created the “Muslim American”
This is the first of two pieces I wrote for the twentieth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. This piece, from The Nation, …
I gave a TEDx talk!
I was honored to be asked by TEDxCUNY to deliver a lecture. Originally, I was supposed to give this talk last spring, …
The Biden administration has ended use of the phrase “illegal alien.” It’s about time
The language we use to discuss immigration is dehumanizing: ‘catch and release’, ‘migrant caravans’, swarms – anything, in other words, but people. …
ICE reached a new low: using utility bills to hunt undocumented immigrants
Did you know that our government has effectively been forcing people to choose between heat in their apartment and the risk of …
No, We Do Not Need New Anti-Terrorism Laws to Combat Right-Wing Extremists
In the wake of the storming of the Capitol, many people have begun calling to expand the War on Terror. This would …
Re-electing Trump won’t bring you safety
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 …