Britain’s First Black Olympic Medalist
February 16, 2024
Neil Duncanson— Harry Edward took a deep breath, pushed his spikes into the holes he’d just dug in the sodden cinder track and dropped his head. A vos marques. It… READ MORE
Tag: immigration
“Our Country is Full” But Our Cities Are Open
May 19, 2023
Janet Polasky— For centuries, refugees have been cast adrift, caught between nations. From the American, French, and Haitian Revolutions that scattered political foes across oceans at the end of the… READ MORE
Alex Zucker on Translation
January 6, 2023
Alex Zucker— The influence of Topolʼs early days as a poet are evident in his prose. An urgent propulsiveness, the vivid depiction of oppressive atmospheres interspersed with candescent moments of… READ MORE
Work: Who Is In, Who Is Out, and Who Is In Between?
August 27, 2021
Jan Lucassen— One of the anomalies of our times is the urgent demand for laboring bodies, alongside the denial of their humanity. Think of severe immigration restrictions in Japan, Europe,… READ MORE
Separated Families: What Can We Learn from the Experience of Child Holocaust Survivors?
November 11, 2020
Rebecca Clifford— Lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union have revealed the agonizing fact that they have not been able to trace the parents of 545 children who were separated… READ MORE
Migration, Disease, and the Making of London Life
April 10, 2020
Panikos Panayi— On March 24, 2020, Luca Di Nicola, a nineteen-year-old Italian-born chef working in London, died at the North Middlesex Hospital, one of the many thousands of people falling… READ MORE
Why Jewish Writers Avoid the “Jewish Writer” Label
October 14, 2019
Adam Kirsch— Several years ago, I moderated a discussion between two novelists at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Manhattan. The setting seemed appropriate, since these were Jewish writers who… READ MORE
America’s Long Jewish History
October 10, 2019
Jonathan D. Sarna— New Amsterdam, part of the remote Dutch colony of New Netherland in present-day New York State, was among the New World’s most diverse and pluralistic towns. A… READ MORE
The Modernist Émigrés in America
November 12, 2018
Dominic Bradbury– Migration has become one of the defining subjects of our time. It has helped to shape contemporary politics in both Europe and America, as well as other parts… READ MORE
On Borders
July 5, 2018
Joshua Keating— “If you don’t have Borders, you don’t have a Country!” President Trump tweeted this statement most recently on June 19 at the height of the backlash against his… READ MORE
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