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News & Politics, Feature Apr 22, 2020
Coronavirus leaves immigrants trapped in a byzantine court system

Many are without lawyers and more frightened and confused than ever.
- By Stephen Franklin, Catherine Kim, Areeba Shah, Shreya Bansal, LaTesha Harris, Wanying Zhao, and Kari Lydersen
- Tags: Feature, Coronavirus, COVID-19, immigration, asylum, deportation, refugee, trump

News & Politics, Feature Dec 11, 2019
The Promise

Like thousands of asylum seekers, Abu Omar waits with the uncertainty of whether the U.S. government will accept his asylum application.
- By Sarah Conway, Alex V. Hernandez, Jon Brown, and Borderless Magazine
- Tags: Feature, Asylum, immigration, shelter, persecution, migration, donald trump, detention center, sanctuary, ICE, border, trauma

News & Politics, Feature Oct 23, 2019
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Asylum City

The harrowing stories of six asylum seekers who now call Chicago home
- By Sarah Conway, Michelle Kanaar, Apoorva Mittal, Kash, and Borderless Magazine
- Tags: Feature, Asylum, immigration, shelter, persecution, torture, gangs, sexual orientation, gay, migration, donald trump, nigeria, mexico, cuba, pakistan, detention center, sanctuary, ICE, border, trauma, Video

News & Politics, Feature Oct 2, 2019
Finding peace and security after asylum

Therapists and social workers trained in trauma care are helping asylum seekers along their legal and healing journey.
- By Carly Graf and 90 Days, 90 Voices
- Tags: Feature, Immigration, asylum, africa, trauma, refugee, kovler center, Trump, survivors

News & Politics, Feature Aug 28, 2019
Inside the world of asylum forensic exams

Asylum seekers who undergo medical exams as part of their legal case are more than twice as likely to be granted asylum as those who do not.
- By Apoorva Mittal and 90 Days, 90 Voices
- Tags: Feature, asylum, refugees, immigration, trump, sanctuary, trauma, mexico

News & Politics, Feature Jul 24, 2019
The burden of proof

How immigration court is especially challenging for LGBTQ asylum seekers
- By Justin Agrelo and 90 Days, 90 Voices
- Tags: Feature, immigration, asylum, lgbtq, border, migrants, trans, queer, mexico

Music, Music Feature Feb 13, 2019
Daredevil producer Jlin survives her own trial by fire

The Indiana-based beat wizard returns to the stage for Pitchfork Midwinter after courting burnout to finish her second album and score an avant-garde dance performance.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Jerrilynn Patton, Jlin, Midwinter, Pitchfork Midwinter, Art Institute of Chicago, Dark Energy, Black Origami, Autobiography, footwork, Unsound, Semibreve, producer, Nafisa Crishna, Gary, Indiana, U.S. Steel, Bangalore, Slowdive, Tortoise, Haley Fohr, Planet Mu, Wayne McGregor, Purdue University Calumet, Purdue University Northwest, Avery Seaton, DJ Seven Six, FL Studio, DJ Rashad, Teklife, Bosses of the Circle, Clarence Johnson, DJ Roc, Bangs & Works, Mike Paradinas, The Crack Capone, DJ Trouble, Erotic Heat, Asylum, Rick Owens, Paris Fashion Week, Holly Herndon, William Basinski

Blogs, Bleader Jan 23, 2015
Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Bram Stoker's Dracula, and other Reader-recommended movies to watch online this week

Reader film capsules guide what you should watch online.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Old Movies to Watch Now, Film, Old Movies to Watch Now, Netflix, Hulu, online streaming, Asylum, The Awful Truth, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the Big Knife, Revolutionary Road, The Seven Year Itch

Blogs, Bleader Jun 29, 2012
Now on DVD: another end of the world

A review of Perfect Sense, a Scottish sci-fi romance new on DVD
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: On Video, Film, Perfect Sense, David Mackenzie, Ewan McGregor, Eva Green, Young Adam, Asylum, Giles Nuttgens, digital video, apocalypse, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, Melancholia, 4:44 Last Day on Earth, The Turin Horse, Jean-Luc Godard

Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Oct 6, 2011
The Secret History of Chicago Music: Yezda Urfa

A record by this 70s prog-rock band recently sold for nearly $2,000
- Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, Yezda Urfa, prog rock, vinyl, Sacred Baboon, Zazu, Asylum, Give 'Em Some Rawhide Chewies, Flow Guides Aren't My Bag, The Secret History of Chicago Music

Blogs, Bleader Aug 25, 2011
Nafissatou Diallo and Tiawanda Moore

Repercussions of the dropped sexual-assault charges.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Broken, Politics, Clout City, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Nafissatou Diallo, the New Yorker, Suketu Mehta, asylum, immigration, refugees, New York Times, rape, sexual assault, William Saletan, Slate, Guinea, Cara Buckley, Tiawanda Moore, Anita Alvarez, state's attorney, eavesdropping, Christopher Drew, Chicago Police Department, internal affairs, sexual harassment

Blogs, Bleader Jan 30, 2007
Immigration folly set right

Fundamentalist Muslims in Cairo beat a Christian for not turning over a friend to be murdered for converting to Christianity. A U.S. judge saw no sign he'd suffered religious persecution.
- By Harold Henderson
- Tags: Christianity, Islam, Egypt, Immigration law, Asylum

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Coronavirus leaves immigrants trapped in a byzantine court system

Many are without lawyers and more frightened and confused than ever.

The Promise

Like thousands of asylum seekers, Abu Omar waits with the uncertainty of whether the U.S. government will accept his asylum application.

Video
Asylum City

The harrowing stories of six asylum seekers who now call Chicago home

Finding peace and security after asylum

Therapists and social workers trained in trauma care are helping asylum seekers along their legal and healing journey.

Inside the world of asylum forensic exams

Asylum seekers who undergo medical exams as part of their legal case are more than twice as likely to be granted asylum as those who do not.

The burden of proof

How immigration court is especially challenging for LGBTQ asylum seekers

Daredevil producer Jlin survives her own trial by fire

The Indiana-based beat wizard returns to the stage for Pitchfork Midwinter after courting burnout to finish her second album and score an avant-garde dance performance.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Bram Stoker's Dracula, and other Reader-recommended movies to watch online this week

Reader film capsules guide what you should watch online.

Now on DVD: another end of the world

A review of Perfect Sense, a Scottish sci-fi romance new on DVD

The Secret History of Chicago Music: Yezda Urfa

A record by this 70s prog-rock band recently sold for nearly $2,000

Nafissatou Diallo and Tiawanda Moore

Repercussions of the dropped sexual-assault charges.

Immigration folly set right

Fundamentalist Muslims in Cairo beat a Christian for not turning over a friend to be murdered for converting to Christianity. A U.S. judge saw no sign he'd suffered religious persecution.

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Many are without lawyers and more frightened and confused than ever.

Like thousands of asylum seekers, Abu Omar waits with the uncertainty of whether the U.S. government will accept his asylum application.

The harrowing stories of six asylum seekers who now call Chicago home

Therapists and social workers trained in trauma care are helping asylum seekers along their legal and healing journey.

Asylum seekers who undergo medical exams as part of their legal case are more than twice as likely to be granted asylum as those who do not.

How immigration court is especially challenging for LGBTQ asylum seekers

The Indiana-based beat wizard returns to the stage for Pitchfork Midwinter after courting burnout to finish her second album and score an avant-garde dance performance.

Reader film capsules guide what you should watch online.

A review of Perfect Sense, a Scottish sci-fi romance new on DVD

A record by this 70s prog-rock band recently sold for nearly $2,000

Repercussions of the dropped sexual-assault charges.

Fundamentalist Muslims in Cairo beat a Christian for not turning over a friend to be murdered for converting to Christianity. A U.S. judge saw no sign he'd suffered religious persecution.

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