Stories – Borderless Magazine NFP

A health advocate talks about growing up in Little Village and her memories of crossing the border as a child

Jimena Martinez migrated to the United States with her parents and two siblings when she was five years old.

Nissa RheeJuly 31, 2018

Immigration Policy Organizing

Hundreds call for the end of ICE

Over 200 Chicagoans marched through Pilsen and Little Village Friday evening during a 90 degree heat wave to call for the abolishment of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.

Dan RowellJune 30, 2018

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

As Told To Immigration Policy

American dreams on deportation

Donald Ortega, a beneficiary of the Temporary Protected Status program from El Salvador, stresses about his future under the Trump administration.

Viola DuApril 25, 2018

As Told To

Hazim’s electronic dreams: Documenting the Yazidi genocide

They came to destroy. ISIS forces flooded the Sinjar region of Iraq at dawn determined to wipe out Yazidism, an ancient faith with a rich oral tradition.

Sarah ConwayApril 11, 2018

Immigration Policy 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

A night of immigration stories

Forty people braved a snowstorm on Monday, February 5, to attend Borderless’ night of immigrant stories at the Oak Park Public Library.

Nissa RheeMarch 1, 2018

Arts & Culture

Abdulghany and Mufaddal Hamadeh

Just 11 months apart in age, brothers Mufaddal and Abdulghany Hamadeh have shared almost everything in their lives — including their love of the two countries they call home.

Nissa RheeOctober 25, 2017

Arts & Culture

Omar El Akkad on journalism and the War on Terror

Omar El Akkad’s debut novel, “American War,” is a haunting post-apocalyptic universe where readers watch the impact of civil war through the unraveling of one American family.

Sarah ConwayOctober 17, 2017

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