Latest posts by PRI/PRX's The World from October, 2016
A Syrian Refugee in the US Wants Americans to Understand Their Country's Vetting Process
The city of Boise, Idaho, is taking in a lot of Syrian refugees: 122 so far this year. Asmaa Albukaie, who arrived in November 2014, was the first.
A Day in the Life of Immigration Limbo in the US
A mother who escaped gang violence with her children in El Salvador waits in Boston to know whether she and her family can stay in the US legally or not.
A US City Recognizes Its Native American Past, Present, and Future
“History from his perspective is told by victor, and in our case the conqueror...Colonial perspectives of our history do not work for us. They’re wrong.”
Meet a ‘Dreamer’ in the US Who Started His Own Company to Get Out the Vote
As an undocumented teenager, Antonio Valdovinos couldn’t become a US Marine. He went on to start a civic engagement organization instead.
A Businessman Missed the Tastes of Ethiopia—So He Starting Growing Them for Himself
"Different opportunities are provided by the two different places. I think more people should have two different countries. More than one, anyway!”
50 Years Later, Protesters in Texas Reenact a Farmworker Strike That Is Scarcely Mentioned in History Books
“People don’t leave their own stories, people don’t leave letters, or diaries, or other types of autobiographies or personal stories.”
At the Bogotá Music Market, Young Musicians Talk About the Prospects for Peace
"This is a very tense time. Not even war-wise, but it became a tense social time. People going towards the 'yes,' people going towards the 'no.'"
