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Javier Ponce (left) and Rodrigo Ponce (right) pose for a portrait at Wilson Skate Park in Uptown as skaters pass by behind them in a blur.

Camilla Forte/Borderless Magazine/Catchlight Local/Report for America

Arts & Culture Immigration Policy Latest Visuals

Boards Across Borders: Two Chicago Brothers’ Love Letter to the Guatemalan Skate Community

Javier and Rodrigo “Booger” Ponce are leveraging their connection to Chicago's skate community to uplift the Guatemalan skateboarding scene.

Camilla ForteOctober 14, 2025

Wendy Wei for Borderless Magazine

Immigration Policy Investigation Visuals

More Than Three Years After Russia’s Full-scale Ukraine Invasion, Aid Workers Question: ‘Is Rebuilding Enough?

Chicago's Ukrainian diaspora has funded millions to reconstruct bombed communities. But as some humanitarian workers pivot from humanitarian work to military action, volunteers face hard questions about effective resistance.

Wendy WeiAugust 12, 2025

Max Herman/Borderless Magazine

Arts & Culture Visuals

From Shakira to Don Omar: Borderless Captures Sueños Festival 2025

Sueños Music Festival returned for its 4th year to Grant Park, celebrating Latin culture and music.

Max Herman and Katrina PhamMay 26, 2025

Max Herman/Borderless Magazine

Arts & Culture Visuals

Chicago’s Cambodian Heritage Museum Promotes Healing While Remembering Victims of Genocide

The National Cambodian Heritage Museum will host events aiming to cultivate culture and reunite Chicago’s Cambodian American community with its roots.

Samantha MonjeMay 20, 2025

Oscar Gomez/Borderless Magazine

Arts & Culture Visuals

Migrant Children Celebrate Three Kings Day at Museum of Contemporary Art: ‘You’re Always Welcome Here’

More than 30 children gathered at the museum to celebrate the breaking of the Rosca de Reyes.

Tara MobasherJanuary 10, 2025

Saleha Soadat for Borderless Magazine

Arts & Culture Environment and Health Investigation Labor and Economics Visuals

Borderless Magazine’s Favorite Stories of 2024

An Afghan refugee seeking his pilot license, backlog and attorney shortages in immigration court, Latino residents pushing for more green space on the Southwest Side and more stories Borderless reported on Chicago’s immigrant communities.

Mauricio PeñaDecember 23, 2024

Oscar Gomez/Borderless Magazine

Arts & Culture Visuals

‘Good Morning, Manila’ Livestream Raises Money for Filipino Community Center

During the two-hour livestream, Sarahlynn Pablo and her co-hosts discussed Filipino identity, mental health and representation as part of a fundraiser for the Rizal Center.

Katrina PhamDecember 5, 2024

Photo illustration by Max Herman/Borderless Magazine. Photos by Max Herman/Borderless Magazine and Efrain Soriano for Borderless Magazine. Map from Canva.

As Told To Visuals

Leaving Venezuela: ‘The Only Option for Us Was the United States’

Six migrant families shared their journey from Central and South America to start a new life in Chicago.

Jonathan Torres and Martha ContrerasNovember 19, 2024

Efrain Soriano for Borderless Magazine

Environment and Health Investigation Labor and Economics Visuals

City Contractor ‘Failed’ Clients as Migrant Shelter Complaints Mounted, Staffers Say

Chicago is phasing out Favorite Healthcare Staffing after paying the agency $342 million to oversee its shelter system. Records show that Favorite had a poor track record of resolving complaints.

Emeline PosnerNovember 19, 2024

Jack X. Li for Borderless Magazine

Arts & Culture Organizing Visuals

The Revival of Chicago’s Filipino American Rizal Center

After a protracted legal battle over the building's ownership, Filipino immigrants and Filipino Americans have banded together to restore a community center to its former glory.

Katrina PhamApril 8, 2024

Mustafa Hussain for Borderless Magazine

As Told To Visuals

These Chicago Afghans Have Built a Community on the Soccer Field

After fleeing the Taliban, a group of Afghans in Chicago have found each other – and strength – through playing soccer.

Saleha SoadatJuly 18, 2023

Mohammad Aimal puts a bike helmet on his nephew, Yahya Nazari

Emily Soto for Borderless Magazine

Organizing Visuals

Afghan Refugees are Getting Donated Bikes Thanks to Volunteers

A Chicago-area Facebook group is accepting donated bikes, helmets and locks for newly-arrived Afghan refugees.

Emily Soto and Sofia LealJune 14, 2022

Photo by Natalie Garcia for Borderless Magazine

Environment and Health Labor and Economics Visuals

Portraits of Chicago Street Vendors After a Year of Crisis

Photographer Natalie Garcia visits immigrant-run street vendors on Chicago’s Northwest Side that have persisted through the pandemic.

Natalie GarciaAugust 12, 2021

Illustration by Mike Centeno

As Told To Environment and Health Visuals

Meet the Youth Behind the General Iron Campaign

Meet the youth behind the campaign against General Iron and the makers of our new comic book, “Reclaiming the Sacrifice Zone.”

Borderless Magazine StaffJune 8, 2021

Photo by Diane Bou Khalil

Organizing Visuals

What You Should Know About the Situation in Palestine

U.S. Palestinian Community Network’s Souzan Naser on what people need to understand about the recent Israeli airstrikes in Palestine and how to help.

Diane Bou KhalilMay 24, 2021

environmental, justice, immigrants, Chicago, youth, racism, Southeast, General, Iron, jobs, clean, health, comic

Environment and Health Staff Pick Visuals

Reclaiming the Sacrifice Zone

The youth-led campaign for environmental justice on the Southeast Side.

Maria MaynezMay 6, 2021

sitcom, Chicago, immigrant, Indian, South Asian

Arts & Culture Visuals

Behind the Story with the Code-Switched Cast

Watch the director and cast of Code-Switched discuss their hit indie show about five South Asian friends in an exclusive event.

Diane Bou KhalilFebruary 16, 2021

immigrant, teens, factories, Chicago, child, labor

Environment and Health Labor and Economics Visuals

Inside the Lives of Immigrant Teens Working Dangerous Night Shifts in Suburban Factories

During the day, immigrant teenagers attend high school. At night, they work in factories to pay debts to smugglers and send money to family. The authorities aren’t surprised by child labor. They’re also not doing much about it.

Melissa SanchezNovember 23, 2020

Arts & Culture Labor and Economics Visuals

Chasing the American Dream in the Gig Economy

Guatemalan immigrant storyteller Nestor Gomez shares his experiences as an Uber and Lyft driver in his new book, “Your Driver Has Arrived.”

Diane Bou KhalilOctober 5, 2020

Lilia Antazo para sa Borderless Magazine

Environment and Health Labor and Economics Visuals

Dispatches from COVID-19: A 72-year-old Filipina essential worker tries to stay healthy while taking care of her patients

“I am always wearing a mask at work. I only remove it when I’m sleeping.”

Lilia Antazo and Pat NabongJune 4, 2020

Arts & Culture Organizing Visuals

The Chicago Dyke March in pictures

Now it it’s 22nd year, the march is a celebration of dyke, queer, bisexual, transgender, and lesbian resilience.

Dan RowellJune 26, 2018

Arts & Culture Visuals

A taste of Mexico

Families from across Illinois gathered in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood this weekend for the fourth annual Taste of Mexico festival.

Sarah Conway and Michelle KanaarJune 5, 2018

Enforcement and Courts Visuals

The father of three bracing for deportation

Felix Garcia, a Guatemalan immigrant, is scheduled to be deported today. This is his story.

Dan Rowell and Sarah ConwayApril 4, 2018

Arts & Culture Visuals

Syrian photographer Omar Imam’s work examines dreams, nightmares

Eleven black-and-white, surrealist photographs exploring the mental state of Syrian refugees in Lebanon debuted in Chicago this month.

Sarah Conway and Alex V. HernandezJuly 20, 2017

Arts & Culture Visuals

Chicagoans tell us: What is the role of immigrants in America?

Borderless teamed up with The Point magazine on March 14 for a special panel discussion about immigration.

Sarah ConwayMarch 21, 2017

Arts & Culture Visuals

Little Village ‘Montooneros’: The political power of cartoons

Nearly 40 political cartoonists from Mexico and the United States expressed their views on President Trump’s immigration policy for a new exhibition that opened this week in Chicago.

Alex V. Hernandez and Michelle KanaarMarch 16, 2017

Visuals

Nine-year-old Rosnah on being a Rohingya refugee

Born in Malaysia, Rosnah came to the United States when she was three years old.

RosnahFebruary 24, 2017

Arts & Culture Organizing Visuals

Muslim Community Center of Chicago opens its doors to neighbors

The Muslim Community Center of Chicago was established in 1969 and is one of the oldest and largest Muslim organizations in the Chicago area.

Alex V. HernandezFebruary 21, 2017

News that puts power under the spotlight and communities at the center.

Visuals

Boards Across Borders: Two Chicago Brothers’ Love Letter to the Guatemalan Skate Community

More Than Three Years After Russia’s Full-scale Ukraine Invasion, Aid Workers Question: ‘Is Rebuilding Enough?

From Shakira to Don Omar: Borderless Captures Sueños Festival 2025

Chicago’s Cambodian Heritage Museum Promotes Healing While Remembering Victims of Genocide

Migrant Children Celebrate Three Kings Day at Museum of Contemporary Art: ‘You’re Always Welcome Here’

Borderless Magazine’s Favorite Stories of 2024

‘Good Morning, Manila’ Livestream Raises Money for Filipino Community Center

Leaving Venezuela: ‘The Only Option for Us Was the United States’

City Contractor ‘Failed’ Clients as Migrant Shelter Complaints Mounted, Staffers Say

The Revival of Chicago’s Filipino American Rizal Center

These Chicago Afghans Have Built a Community on the Soccer Field

Afghan Refugees are Getting Donated Bikes Thanks to Volunteers

Portraits of Chicago Street Vendors After a Year of Crisis

Meet the Youth Behind the General Iron Campaign

What You Should Know About the Situation in Palestine

Reclaiming the Sacrifice Zone

Behind the Story with the Code-Switched Cast

Inside the Lives of Immigrant Teens Working Dangerous Night Shifts in Suburban Factories

Chasing the American Dream in the Gig Economy

Dispatches from COVID-19: A 72-year-old Filipina essential worker tries to stay healthy while taking care of her patients

The Chicago Dyke March in pictures

A taste of Mexico

The father of three bracing for deportation

Syrian photographer Omar Imam’s work examines dreams, nightmares

Chicagoans tell us: What is the role of immigrants in America?

Little Village ‘Montooneros’: The political power of cartoons

Nine-year-old Rosnah on being a Rohingya refugee

Muslim Community Center of Chicago opens its doors to neighbors

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