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Displaying all articles tagged:
Immigration
art review
June 7, 2022
Yu-Wen Wu’s Algorithmic Odyssey Around the World
A brilliant work on the immigrant experience, courtesy of a glitch in the Matrix.
By
Jerry Saltz
how i made this
Apr. 11, 2022
Life in Immigration Limbo, Caught on Video
The artist Guadalupe Maravilla on how he made “Detention Center Performance” with a group of undocumented teenagers.
As told to
Jillian Steinhauer
docuseries
Oct. 2, 2019
The Heartbreaking Immigration Stories Behind
Living Undocumented
How Netflix’s new docuseries filmed the lives of undocumented immigrants with unprecedented intimacy.
By
Maria Elena Fernandez
behind the scenes
Sept. 26, 2019
How
Superstore
Pulled Off a Sitcom Plot About ICE Detention Centers
After a shocking ICE raid cliffhanger,
Superstore
had to answer a big question: What’s next for Mateo?
By
Maria Elena Fernandez
backstories
July 29, 2019
Why
Orange Is the New Black
Brought the Immigration Crisis to Litchfield
“We wanted it to feel like a member of your family was gone. We wanted viewers to feel the shock of that.”
By
Maria Elena Fernandez
horror
July 5, 2019
Into the Dark
’s Immigration Horror Story Is a Sci-Fi Nightmare
“I really am heartbroken,” says Mexican-Canadian director Gigi Saul Guerrero. “I wanted to showcase every inch of what I’m feeling.”
By
Jordan Crucchiola
talking books
May 30, 2019
Novelist Nicole Dennis-Benn on Coming Out and Finding Home
The Jamaican-born Brooklynite’s second novel,
Patsy
, reinvents the immigrant story.
By
Lauren LeBlanc
last night on late night
Mar. 27, 2019
Kindly Help
Full Frontal
Make This Segment Go Viral
Correspondent Allana Harkin meets some immigrants who served in the military but might get thanked for it with deportation.
By
Megh Wright
immigration
Feb. 17, 2019
21 Savage Says He Wasn’t Bothered by Grammys’ Near-Silence While Detained by ICE
“I don’t care what nobody say — everybody in that building who’s connected to this culture, I was on their mind in some type of way.”
By
Halle Kiefer
investigations
Feb. 15, 2019
21 Savage Says ICE ‘Definitely Targeted’ Him in First Interview Since Arrest
“They just said, ‘We got Savage.’”
By
Dee Lockett
immigration
Feb. 5, 2019
21 Savage Confirms He Was Born in Britain But Disputes ICE’s Version of Events
Savage now says he immigrated to the U.S. when he was 7, not 12, and lost legal status “through no fault of his own.”
By
Dee Lockett
immigration
Feb. 3, 2019
ICE Arrests 21 Savage, Alleging Rapper Is U.K. National Who Overstayed Visa
“His whole public persona is false,” an immigration official told CNN.
By
Halle Kiefer
and
Dee Lockett
american history
Aug. 21, 2018
The Riotous Pre-History of American Jews
Eight of the most critical and contentious turning points, from Steven Weisman’s
The Chosen Wars.
By
Abraham Riesman
families belong together march
June 30, 2018
Lin-Manuel Miranda Sings
Hamilton
Lullaby at Families Belong Together Protest
“We’re here because there’s parents right now who can’t sing lullabies to their kids,” he told protesters. “This is for those parents.”
By
Halle Kiefer
extremely unnecessary twitter feuds
June 24, 2018
Jimmy Fallon Responds to Trump’s ‘Whimpering’ Tweet With a Donation to RAICES
The president angrily tweeted at the late-night host after Fallon expressed regret about Trump’s infamous
Tonight Show
interview.
By
Halle Kiefer
immigration
June 20, 2018
Springsteen Interrupts Broadway Show to Slam Trump’s ‘Inhumane’ Border Policy
“May God save our souls.”
By
Dee Lockett
June 19, 2018
How
The Good Fight
Brought the Trump Era to TV, From the Pee Tape to #MeToo
The show’s second season spun real-life news into fleet-footed TV.
By
Jackson McHenry
June 19, 2018
Jordan Klepper to Trump Administration: ‘Don’t Pretend This Isn’t Your Vision’
“The word ‘cages’ is so uncomfortable. It’s almost confining, in a way.”
By
Megh Wright
last night on late night
June 19, 2018
Stephen Colbert Has the Devil Stop by to Defend Child-Separation Policy
Satan visited Monday’s
Late Show
to justify America’s “all-baby reboot of
The Shawshank Redemption
.”
By
Halle Kiefer
May 31, 2018
Samantha Bee Calls Out ‘Feckless C*nt’ Ivanka Trump Over Immigration
“We are going to talk about racism and I just popped an Ambien, so buckle up, everyone!”
By
Megh Wright
Jan. 23, 2018
Why You Could Be Seeing a Lot of Immigrant Stories on TV This Fall
And the stories behind five of them.
By
Maria Elena Fernandez
Dec. 23, 2017
Britney Comes Out in Support of Dreamers
Spears calls for Congress to create a permanent solution to the current DACA crisis.
By
Halle Kiefer
Sept. 15, 2017
Julio Torres Shares His Thoughts on DACA on ‘The Tonight Show’
Here’s a clip from last night’s Tonight Show, where Jimmy Fallon welcomes Julio Torres – whose Late Night set from April you should definitely […]
By
Megh Wright
Sept. 6, 2017
Gina Rodriguez Is Producing Immigration Dramas for CBS and CW
One show will be about a teenager who would have qualified for DACA.
By
Tolly Wright
May 19, 2017
Iñárritu’s Border-Crossing VR Installation Will Break Your Heart
Carne y Arena
forces you to look at the immigrant experience in a whole new way.
By
Kyle Buchanan
sxsw
Mar. 7, 2017
SXSW Will Drop ‘Deportation Clause’ Starting in 2018
Artists had threatened to boycott SXSW if the festival didn’t remove the clause.
By
Dee Lockett
sxsw
Mar. 2, 2017
SXSW Under Fire After ‘Deportation Clause’ Revealed in Artist Contracts
“We understand that given the current political climate surrounding immigration, the language that was published seems strong.”
By
Kaitlin Fontana
Feb. 20, 2017
Guillermo del Toro Blasts ‘Barriers That People Are Trying to Erect Between Us’
In accepting the Filmmaker Award at the 64th Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards.
By
Carita Rizzo
last night on late night
Feb. 9, 2017
Samantha Bee Rejects Trump Approach to Sanctuary Cities’ Undocumented Immigrants
Following the president’s order to withhold federal funding.
By
Halle Kiefer
last night on late night
Feb. 8, 2017
John Oliver Suggests You Sit Back and Enjoy the Descent of the American Empire
“If you’re at the tipping point of an empire, enjoy the descent.”
By
Halle Kiefer
last night on late night
Feb. 2, 2017
Samantha Bee Questions Donald Trump’s Immigration Ban and Emphasis on Loyalty
Donald Trump and
Gilmore Girls’
Paris Geller have a lot in common.
By
Tolly Wright
Feb. 1, 2017
The Second City Tackles Immigration Through The Power of Song in 2006
Welcome to The Second City Archives, in which we post an exclusive clip each week of some of comedy’s biggest superstars performing early in […]
By
Megh Wright
muslim ban
Jan. 31, 2017
Bandcamp Will Donate All Proceeds From Sales Made This Friday to ACLU
The decision was made after President Trump’s immigration ban.
By
Tolly Wright
muslim ban
Jan. 30, 2017
Bruce Springsteen Speaks Out Against Muslim Ban
He also dedicated “American Land” to immigrants.
By
Dee Lockett
Oct. 21, 2016
Stephen Colbert Prepares to Become a Canadian Citizen on ‘The Late Show’
Leading up to Election Day, it’s become a common tradition for Americans to threaten to move up to Canada if their candidate doesn’t win the […]
By
Megh Wright
immigrant song
Aug. 11, 2016
Massive Attack’s
Blue Lines
Keeps Making Sense
English upbringing, Caribbean background.
By
Frank Guan
speeches
Nov. 8, 2015
Alejandro Iñárritu Addresses Immigration Reform
The Oscar-winning writer-director gave a heartfelt speech at the LACMA Art + Film Gala.
By
Greg Cwik
new yorker festival
Oct. 3, 2015
Junot Díaz Can’t Stand Trump’s Immigration Talk
“America is as addicted to immigrants as it is addicted to cocaine; you withdraw immigrants from this country, America would just be a shivery, shitting-itself wreck.”
By
Katie Levingston
music
Sept. 5, 2015
’90s Anti-Nazi Song Tops the Charts Again
Sprechen sie
hit!
By
Greg Cwik
Dec. 1, 2014
‘Extraordinary Person’ Visas and the Plight of Canadian Comedians
At some point, every comic serious about their career makes the move to either New York or Los Angeles. Some are lucky enough to grow up in one […]
By
Christian Borys
editorials
Nov. 16, 2014
OITNB
Actress Was 14 When Parents Were Deported
She writes in the Los Angeles
Times
.
By
E. Alex Jung
seth macfarlane’s cavalcade of cartoon comedy
Nov. 9, 2013
Fox Is Getting a New Seth MacFarlane Show
Yes, another one.
By
Delia Paunescu