RadioActive The secret diaries my grandma snuck out of a Communist prison in Vietnam My grandfather was a South Vietnamese soldier during the Vietnam War. After the war ended, the Communist government imprisoned him in an re-education camp. As a way to connect with his family, he secretly wrote letters, poems and stories.
Syrian Kurdish Refugees Say Kurdish Forces Tried To Prevent Them From Fleeing To Iraq "They told us, even if you stand here for 100 years, we are not going to let you cross," one refugee who made it to an Iraqi camp tells NPR. Many have resorted to paying smugglers to help them cross.
RadioActive The barrier between us is breaking: How politics brought my mom and me closer Sometimes politics drive family and friends apart. But when Ilhan Omar, the first Somali-American congresswoman, was elected in 2018, my mom and I became closer than ever before.
Turkey's Invasion of Syria Worsens A Humanitarian Crisis A front-line hospital was abandoned Friday as up to 100,000 people fled Turkey's ground and air offensive.
KUOW Newsroom Trump administration slashes refugee resettlement numbers to record low The Trump Administration wants to cap the number of refugees allowed to enter the country next year at a record low of 18 thousand people. That’s about half the number allowed this current year. And far lower than previous ones.
The Record Who owes the greater debt: immigrants, or America? Author Dina Nayeri discusses her book, The Ungrateful Refugee.
The Record Poet Ocean Vuong's new novel is more than Briefly Gorgeous "To be queer is to fail into your pleasure." The book, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, is a letter from a son to his mother, who can't read. The poet says it's a monument to failure, to violence, to labor, to silence, to America.
Nearly 71 Million People Forcibly Displaced Worldwide In 2018, U.N. Report Says The record number headlined the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees' annual "Global Trends" report published Wednesday, just a day before World Refugee Day.
All Things Considered Lost Pup Finds New Life As Humanitarian Mascot In Refugee Camp The puppy started following a team that was cleaning up the beach in Bangladesh. And now he is an Instagram star.
Chronicles Of A Venezuelan Exodus: More Families Flee The Crisis On Foot Every Day An All Things Considered team recently traveled along a common Colombian route taken by Venezuelans fleeing crisis in their country and discovered dramatic stories of an expanding exodus.
