A Return To Cuba

Ramos Y Sanchez returns to his native Cuba after 52 years away with hope and apprehension. "At the heart of almost every Cuban-American family is a tragedy... 

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A Return to Cuba

Raul Ramos Y Sanchez returns to his native Cuba after 52 years away with hope and apprehension. "At the heart of almost every Cuban-American family is a tragedy...

 

WEEK ONE

 

 

 

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Angel Allende’s Music

Progressive Rock and Indie tracks from Brooklyn's The Judy Blooms and Ender Wins

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Only in America

"I was always trapped in the white space between a traditional Arab lifestyle and the American dream...."

The Launch

On January 25th, President Trump signed an Executive Order that called for the Secretary of Homeland Security to publish a weekly list of crimes committed by immigrants. 

That is not the story of immigrants in this country.

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Mani Kongo Lukeni

Images from the upcoming art book: A super-power action drama based on the legend of the enigmatic founder of the Kongo Empire, Nimi a Lukeni.

 Tipi: You Have No Idea

After fleeing Europe during World War II, Barbara Mueller begins to build a life in Los Angeles... a life that includes some unusual pets.

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Mani Kongo Lukeni

Images from the upcoming art book: A super-power action drama based on the legend of the enigmatic founder of the Kongo Empire, Nimi a Lukeni.

Tipi: You Have No Idea

After fleeing Europe during World War II, Barbara Mueller begins to build a life in Los Angeles... a life that includes some unusual pets

 

WHAT WE'RE READING  

 

 

WRITING FROM AROUND THE WEB

  • One Harvard Lab, Six Iranian Scientists, and Some Tea - The Atlantic
     
  •  Exploring ties to her Kashmiri home through cooking - Buzzfeed
     
  • How Immigrants Make American science Great - Pacific Standard
     
  • A family of Syrian refugees is making life sweeter for Berlin - The Local
     
  • Museum launches a "made by an immigrant" initiative - CNN
     
  • All six of America's Nobel Prize Winners are immigrants - The Independent
     
  • Hollywood agency scraps Oscar party, supports refugees instead - The Hollywood Reporter

     

INTRODUCTIONS FROM AROUND THE WEB 

Featured
Mohammed Bzeek
Los Angeles Times
Mohammed Bzeek
Los Angeles Times

He loves and cares for the terminally ill children of the LA foster care system - as if they were his own

Los Angeles Times
Sundar Pichai
Business Insider
Sundar Pichai
Business Insider

The Google CEO took the time to encourage a seven year old girl who wrote him a letter. 

Business Insider
Maryam Mirzakhani
Mother Jones
Maryam Mirzakhani
Mother Jones

She became the first woman in 78 years to be awarded the prestigious Fields Medal, considered the highest honor in mathematics.

Mother Jones
Deepak Singh
The Atlantic
Deepak Singh
The Atlantic

His book is not a story of poverty, but rather an account of the daily grind of America’s service workers through the lens of an immigrant with an MBA.

The Atlantic
Tan Le
TED talks
Tan Le
TED talks

Tan Le's astonishing new computer interface reads its user's brainwaves, making it possible to control virtual objects, and even physical electronics, with mere thoughts (and a little concentration).

TED talks