Immigrant Report is an online publication celebrating the immigrants of this country through their stories, art, and ideas.
All in essay
When the refugee, literally and metaphorically, is bereft of language, home, friends, family, and hope, he or she can find in a library a substitute.
Communicating what is truly happening in her country is one of Arantxa’s greatest goals —the corruption of a government’s dictatorship that wears the mask of democracy for the rest of the world to see.
“The way it is” as a powerful blindfold; growing up in apartheid era Johannesburg
A marathon becomes more than a test of strength; it is a chance to fulfill a promise. After fleeing Afghanistan, the Boston Marathon offers an opportunity to say thanks.
“My stepmother is my introduction to America and I am her introduction to being a mother. We are both immigrants in that sense…” Indu Subaiya recounts her first steps in a new life.
In a literacy class for immigrant mothers, it is the teacher learning lessons of courage and love.
From the underground clubs of divided Berlin to today’s US/Mexican border, multi-hyphenate Carrie Beehan maps the stories of the displaced through visceral, personal art.
The fight for the environment walks hand in hand with feminism; a call to action.
A name becomes a peace offering, a chance to reconnect with her heritage, and a personal symbol. After transitioning, Joanna offers her family an opportunity to name their daughter.
Butoh and shadow puppetry may seem worlds apart, but for performing artist Deniz Khateri they offer opportunities to create the extreme images and living poetry that first captured her imagination in Iran.
With grace and poignancy, LA resident, undocumented, and trans (non-binary) author Féi Hernandez examines the intersection of country and body.
Danielle Burity’s documentary takes us inside the mask of a costumed times square performer and the stories of the illegal immigrants that often take these jobs.
Umbrella House reveals the stories of the squatter community – most of them immigrants – that took over abandoned buildings in the Lower East Side of Manhattan reconstructed them and made them into homes.
Evocative music and writing by Jordan Vanderbeek “life is about trading out what is for what might be”
One Undocumented Student’s Journey to Liberation. “When I explore my identities through my writing, I am able to embrace myself…”
