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Stayed or not, Trump's ban highlights the need for strong immigrant rights.
Adam Hosein
Public safety is precisely why sanctuary cities are a good idea.
Lauren Carasik
For too long we have acquiesced to Islamophobic government policies. The cost of our silence is now clear.
Amna Akbar, Jeanne Theoharis
Refugee scholars in Europe face tremendous obstacles. Now some universities are trying to change that.
Paul Hockenos
Calling the nations subjected to the ban Muslim is sloppy, misguided, and dangerous.
Elizabeth Shakman Hurd
Islamophobia is a shared project of the Democrat and Republican parties, long preceding the rise of white nationalism and Trump.
John Bowen, Aziz Rana
A pluralistic democracy is built on debate, disagreement, and wakeful action. This forum begins the conversation.
Joshua Cohen
Daniel Borzutzky and Solmaz Sharif explore the poetics of war and exile, pushing the boundaries of a national literature.
Steve Healey
Undocumented immigrants face horrible conditions in U.S. detention, with little legal recourse.
Colin Dayan
For many EU citizens in the UK, the Brexit vote means the end of home as they know it.
Andrea Mammone
The vote will have consequences far beyond the UK's borders.
Alex de Waal
The UN's World Humanitiarian Summit came up empty-handed.
Elizabeth Cullen Dunn
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