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Arts & Culture Labor

Serbian home style cooking brought to life on Chicago’s North Side

After coming to the United States, the Jeftenic family faced layoffs, illness, and homelessness before opening the Astoria Bakery and Cafe.

Michelle KanaarJanuary 15, 2020

Arts & Culture

Four ways to experience Iranian culture during the conflict

With the United States and Iran trading attacks, Chicagoans should take this as an opportunity to learn more about Iranian history and art, says Narimon Safavi.

Sarah ConwayJanuary 8, 2020

Arts & Culture

Borderless Magazine’s best stories of 2019

Executive director Nissa Rhee shares some of her favorite stories of the year.

Nissa RheeDecember 31, 2019

Photo Courtesy of Andrew Anderson/Free Heartland Kids Campaign

As Told To

‘This is an abolitionist struggle’

Two local organizers tell Borderless Magazine just what’s at stake with keeping migrant children shelters open in Chicago.

Nissa Rhee and Sarah ConwayDecember 18, 2019

Asylum City

The Promise

The true story of one man's asylum journey from Syria to Chicago.

Sarah Conway, Alex V. Hernandez and Jon BrownDecember 11, 2019

Arts & Culture Labor

Indian and Mexican flavors meet in Pilsen

Casa Indigo’s owner combines the cuisine of his two families

Michelle KanaarDecember 4, 2019

Arts & Culture Immigration Policy

How the US built the world’s largest immigrant detention system

A special excerpt from César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández's forthcoming book "Migrating to Prison: America’s Obsession with Locking Up Immigrants"

César Cuauhtémoc García HernándezNovember 27, 2019

Photo by Michelle Kanaar

Arts & Culture Immigration Policy

Funding cuts under Trump are forcing clinics and organizations that serve refugees to close

After fleeing war, many refugees who come to Chicago face new traumas in a city that had nearly 3,000 shooting victims last year. But the health services that once existed to support them are now being gutted.

Nissa RheeNovember 20, 2019

Photo by Michelle Kanaar

As Told To

‘Dreamers’ attend Supreme Court arguments today in the case against Trump’s move to end DACA

Two Chicago DACA recipients tell Borderless just what’s at stake with the case challenging temporary relief for young immigrants

Sarah ConwayNovember 12, 2019

As Told To

After being stripped of his nationality, one Rohingya refugee finds hope in the 2020 census

In Malaysia and Myanmar, the census was a time of fear. But here in Chicago, Abdul Jabbar sees it as a chance for greater funding and visibility.

Sarah ConwayNovember 6, 2019

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