Two years after the 9/11 tragedy, a Sikh was brutally attacked by five white men who assumed he was a terrorist, simply because of his turban. The shockwaves of that moment, however, still resonate with him. more>
When Steve MacSweeney, an undocumented Irish, worked alongside firefighters and police searching for dead bodies beneath the WTC rubble, his immigration status was the last thing on his mind. Today, he is worried about his future in the United States. more>
According to the author, even before the smoke cleared at Ground Zero, American Jews felt more vulnerable in two ways: the physical security of their institutions and about their place in American life. more>
“No one ever warned us about the dangers of breathing in the white powder,” said Piedad Castillo, an Ecuadorian undocumented immigrant who assisted in the cleanup around Ground Zero five years ago. "But now that we are ill, no one wants to give us a hand.” more>
The author contends that the Bush administration has dragged the world into three wars that have diminished U.S. power dramatically, causing the American Empire, already in decline, to crash even faster. more>
An interview with editors Alex Kabba of African Abroad and Mohsin Zaheer of Sada-e-Pakistan. more>