For refugees in the U.S., politics is a luxury

by Jack Doppelt | Jun 30, 2017 | 100 Days for Immigrants and Refugees, Back Home, Culture Shock, Ethnic Media Series, The Migration

By Kathryn Karnaze, Medill, Immigrant Connect As a widow with four kids, Amal faces extreme financial, emotional, and physical stress. She and her kids, all under the age of fifteen, have been living in Skokie, a Chicago suburb, for the past seven months. Previously,...

Pakistani Americans mobilize for the election…back in Pakistan

by aliceli | Jun 18, 2012 | Back Home, Ethnic Media Series, Identity, Slideshow, What's New

Neither pressure from his family nor the burn of his parched throat could have moved Jibran Ilyas from the clamor and activity of bustling bodies. Resolute, there he would remain. It was in that sea of red, green and white flags, with voices soaring in a continuous...

PERC leads Korean immigrant community into the political process

by RyanConnellyHolmes | Jun 18, 2012 | Ethnic Media Series, What's New, Work, Jobs and Money

The door to the back room at Jang Choong Dong closes. The scent of freshly prepared bibimbap wafts through the air as five men laugh and converse in Korean at one end of a long skinny table. The men, who are the board of the Korean American Dry Cleaners Association of...

An election dilemma for Poles: Vote religion or immigration

by rebeccanelson | Jun 18, 2012 | Ethnic Media Series, Identity, What's New

[A version of this story ran in Polish on the InformacjeUSA.com web site. Read that version here.] Beata Kucybala is conflicted. In the 2012 presidential election, Kucybala’s Roman Catholic beliefs will dictate her vote. But as an immigrant, her decision isn’t...

Dual citizenship for Lithuanians not for everyone

by jenlazuta | Jun 18, 2012 | Back Home, Ethnic Media Series, Identity, What's New

[A version of this story ran in Lithuanian on the Draugas web site. Read that version here.] On October 14, AudronÄ— TamulienÄ— will fill out her ballot for the Lithuanian parliamentary elections. Then, on November 6, she will make her way to a polling place and cast...

For Arabs, there’s more to American citizenship than voting

by jessicafloum | Jun 18, 2012 | Back Home, Ethnic Media Series, Family, Identity, Problems with Papers, What's New

Ragy Halim mentions the word ‘president’ over dinner with his family, and an already wide smile further stretches across the face of his seven-year-old son. Despite his small size, Danial Halim feels big when breaking the news to his father. “You know Dad,”...