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The Prayer Labyrinth Cover image from Ruth Padel’s “On Migration.” Courtesy Ruth Padel The following poem, “The Prayer Labyrinth,” is an excerpt from Ruth Padel’s book On Migration (Counterpoint Press, 2013). Please click here to read an interview with the author. She went looking for her daughter. How many visit Hades and live? Your only … Leer más

Please Don’t Ask My Name “Last name?” the receptionist asked, her face glowing a faint blue before her large computer screen. I let my older son answer the question. It was his orthodontist’s visit after all. “R-u-i-z,” he said with that grave, puzzling voice that only teenagers and mobsters in movies have the ability to … Leer más

Domestic workers created wrote poetry on the walls of a cottage on Governors Island, as part of a workshop conducted by poet and activist Mark Nowak. Courtesy Angela Jimenez/Writing On It All Run of the House A woman’s work is never done—it just gets passed on to someone else. For the nannies, housekeepers, health aides … Leer más

These American Lives Ann Heppermann spent last year in El Paso creating “The Real Housewives of Juarez.” All photos by Debbie Nathan “Last year, when I first discovered Emily Cruz’s blog,The Real Housewife of Ciudad Juarez, I read all of it—two years worth of over 60 lengthy posts, recalls Ann Heppermann, a radio producer for … Leer más

36 Boys Al Jazeera World takes a fascinating look at the 36 Boys, a legendary Turkish street gang in Berlin, which grew out of the city’s vast community of Turkish migrant workers in the 1980s. In their long and storied career, they began as a defense force against neo-Nazi attacks, and over time created a … Leer más

East of No West May Day 2013 was awash in pro-migrant art, with marchers painting the streets of many cities with the pride and fearlessness of the movement in bold colors, CultureStrike is proud to be carrying on a long tradition of placing art at the vanguard of the political landscape. Dialing back a bit–check … Leer más

East of No West May Day 2013 was awash in pro-migrant art, with marchers painting the streets of many cities with the pride and fearlessness of the movement in bold colors, CultureStrike is proud to be carrying on a long tradition of placing art at the vanguard of the political landscape. Dialing back a bit–check … Leer más

From Alto Arizona and PanLeft Productions, a new video on immigrants rights by French-Chilean hop hop fusion artist Ana Tijoux. The press release announcing the video describes Tijoux’s work and the images, artists and activists behind the project. Ana Tijoux on Immigrants’ Rights Tijoux spent her childhood in France after her parents had to flee … Leer más

Petition This is the petition that kicked off the CultureStrike campaign in 2010: a call to writers and artists to mobilize against Arizona’s infamous SB 1070 bill. Since then, the bill has been challenged in the courts. But many similar initiatives have emerged in other states, and we continue to seek justice and real solutions … Leer más

When Celina Su first met Nuan in 2001, the seven-year-old girl was living in northern Thailand, burning small bits of wood into charcoal to sell in the market, and learning how to speak Thai at a small, thatch-roofed school for Burmese refugees. Nuan is Shan, an ethnic group that has been tortured by the Burmese/Myanmar … Leer más