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    ‘If They Come For Us’: Fatimah Asghar’s Poetry Explores History & Intimacy of Partition

    • August 7, 2018
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    The dedication to Fatimah Asghar’s much-awaited poetry collection If They Come For Us reads, “my family, blood or not.” Over the course of the book, which spans the years since[…]

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    An Open Letter to Aunties: End Family Detention

    • June 30, 2018
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    Auntie, I feel like I grew up with you. When I pass you in the street or see you in the spice store, I feel like you’re one of the[…]

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    Safwat Saleem Powerfully Combines Vintage Imagery, Sarcasm & Politics In ‘Concerned, but Powerless’

    • May 6, 2018
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    The latest art by Safwat Saleem, “Concerned, but Powerless,” responds to the current national and political climate with a series of visuals that combine retro-style images, English and Urdu text,[…]

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    Hookworms and Angel Island: Two Brothers’ Immigration Story

    • April 24, 2018
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    The following piece is part of The Aerogram’s collaboration with the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA), which documents and shares the history of South Asian Americans. *** On April[…]

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    SF BART: Stop Giving A Platform To Hate Groups

    • March 22, 2018
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    SF BART is once again, giving a platform to white supremacists. An organization that calls itself Progressives for Immigration Reform (PFIR), has placed posters at various BART stations, aimed at[…]

    Life · Pop Culture

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    “This Is So Awesome”: Immigrant Dads Share Their Stories

    • December 2, 2017
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    A recent episode of Sarah Silverman’s weekly series I Love You America shows Ravi Patel (Meet the Patels, Master of None) and his childhood friend Rishi Oza tracing their dads[…]

    Life

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    The Gardener’s Apprentice

    • November 13, 2017
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    Shortly after my parents moved from Jamaica, Queens, to our house on Pamela Circle in the spring of 1974, my dad’s predecessor at the Union Carbide chemical plant, Dr. Sexton,[…]

    Life · Opinion · Pop Culture

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    Thoughts On Self-Care, Immigrant Style

    • August 1, 2017
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    The past several months have been pretty rough. Each day’s news inundates us with more stories of political hypocrisy, hate crimes, or police brutality, which weigh heavy on the national[…]

    Opinion

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    Immigrants, Diversity & Responding To Hate Crime

    • March 7, 2017
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    The tragic killing of Srinivas Kuchibhotla, an Indian immigrant, in Kansas confronts the nation, once again, with how to emphasize the value of diversity as a counter to a climate[…]

    Opinion · Politics

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    The Pretense of Jeffersonian Politics

    • March 1, 2017
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    Trump’s ties to Russia and his attacks on the press and democracy have riveted us, as well they should. But drawn, as we are, into quagmire writ-large, watching vacuous rhetoric[…]

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