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The WPI blog offers an insider’s look at the fellows’ journeys, capturing their unique experiences and insights as they travel the country navigating the immersive program.
Immigration debate in the United States: a hopeless quagmire
Immigration in the United States is a hotly debated issue right now and is slated to be a crucial point in the upcoming midterm elections, as the...
A country — and myself — stuck between Texas and California
In the so-called Trump era, various experts and reporters have been trying to forecast the future of America after this administration says farewell...
Undocumented immigrant lives in limbo as politicians debate
As politicians debate and ponder the best solution to the gridlock that is the American immigration problem, lives are being changed or lost every...
If Myanmar has a Newseum of its own, it could help educate people on the value of a free press, a cornerstone of democracy
I went to visit the Newseum recently in Washington, D.C. It is an interactive museum that promotes free expression and the First Amendment to the...
NGOs curtail service as Trump sharply reduces refugee admissions to U.S.
The NGO World Relief’s Chicago office, which helped resettle 424 refugees in 2016, received only 35 of them in 2018, as President Donald Trump delivers on his promise to shut the nation’s door on immigrants
Blessed to live in United States: A history of a Venezuelan refugee
Yumiko was sitting alone in the middle of the classroom. She is 50 years old and was wearing dark trousers and a light blue T-shirt. Yumiko,...