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Q&A with Ieva Jusionyte, author of Exit Wounds
Apr 16 2024
American guns have entangled the lives of people on both sides of the US-Mexico border in a vicious circle of violence. After treating wounded migrants and refugees seeking safety in the United States, anthropologist Ieva Jusionyte boldly embarked on a journey in the opposite direction—following the
Q&A with Jessica P. Cerdeña, author of Pressing Onward
Apr 11 2023
Pressing Onward: The Imperative Resilience of Latina Migrant Mothers centers the stories of mothers who migrated from Latin America, settled in New Haven, Connecticut, and overcame trauma and ongoing adversity to build futures for their children. These migrant mothers enact imperative resilience, en
The Invisible Violence in North Korean Migrants’ Lives
Mar 14 2023
By Joowon Park, author of Belonging in a House Divided: The Violence of the North Korean Resettlement ProcessIn October 2022, the decomposed skeletal remains of a 49-year-old North Korean woman were discovered in an apartment in the Yangcheon district of Seoul. Rent had not been paid for over th
What Yosaku Imada’s Failed Escape of 1893 Shows Us About U.S. Imperialism
Mar 13 2023
By Christen T. Sasaki, author of Pacific Confluence: Fighting over the Nation in Nineteenth-Century Hawai‘iTypically, the history of U.S. empire is told as a story of inevitable expansion. Within this narrative, the U.S. occupation of Hawaiʻi and the militarized nature of everyday life in the is
Border Activist and Critic Michael Dear’s Top 15 Border Films
Feb 08 2023
By Michael Dear, author of Border Witness: Reimagining the US-Mexico Borderlands through FilmOver the past two decades, there has been an explosion of film releases about the US-Mexico borderlands. Not surprisingly, many have addressed issues of drug trafficking and cartels as well as immigr
How American Deportation Trains Represent a Century of American Immigration Policy
Apr 01 2022
By Ethan Blue, author of The Deportation Express: A History of America through Forced RemovalThe possibility of expedited resettlement in the US for some of the millions of Ukrainians displaced by the ongoing Russian invasion offers an example of how the United States and other wealthy nations m
Surveillance and Resistance in the Borderlands
Feb 03 2022
By Ana Muñiz, author of Borderland Circuitry: Immigration Surveillance in the United States and BeyondThe passage below is an adapted excerpt from Borderland Circuitry.I’ve loved the land for as long as I can remember. I grew up in the Sonoran Desert of Southern Arizona, a stunning place kni
What the history of Puerto Rican farmworkers tells us about U.S. colonialism
Oct 23 2020
This blog is adapted from an original article published in CENTRO, with permission, and is part of our AAA #RaisingOurVoices2020 event blog series. Check out our virtual exhibit page for more.By Ismael García-Colón, author of Colonial Migrants at the Heart of EmpireColonial Migrants at t