Immigration

As Workforce Ages, South Korea Increasingly Depends On Migrant Labor

South Korea's population is shrinking and aging. Foreign workers help fill shortages on farms and in factories, but it's very hard for them to become citizens. Some say that will soon have to change.

Speakers Forum

On Asian America: Not backing down

The surge of hate crimes committed against Asian Americans has swelled since the start of the Covid 19 pandemic. It's a sad but known truth that racial hatred against Asians (or racial hatred, in general) isn't just a new phenomenon in the US. But neither is standing up to and confronting that hatred...

All Things Considered

Some Yemenis Struggle For U.S. Visas Even After The End Of The Travel Ban

Yemenis who won the diversity visa lottery were stopped by the Trump administration's travel ban. Now they've had to start applying all over again. "Our lives have been destroyed," says one man.

KUOW Newsroom

The end of for-profit prisons in Washington state is in sight

One Tuesday the Washington legislature passed a bill effectively blocking for-profit private prisons from operating in the state.

KUOW Newsroom

This hotline gave immigrants a lifeline as Covid ripped through the Seattle area

One year ago, Monserrat Padilla and her colleagues posted a phone number to Facebook. “We told people, you can call us for rental assistance, access to food,” said Padilla, a co-director of Washington Immigrant Solidary Network. They also helped connect folks with Covid testing and legal help.