U.S. at Fault in February Strike on School in Iran, Preliminary Inquiry Says www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/u...

For these Black Muslim women, Ramadan is about faith, tradition and sisterhood 19thnews.org/2026/03/blac... via @19thnews.org

An important read from @jenniferchowdhury.bsky.social on how Black Americans rebuilt Islam in the 20th century and how Ramadan is an American religious observance: www.port-of-entry.com/p/how-islam-...

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While most 18-year-olds worry about college papers and spring break plans, Cesar Vasquez supports families of undocumented immigrants, is a lifeline for his community – and a known ICE target. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... (by @jenniferchowdhury.bsky.social)

In 1910, Algerian migrant Muhammad Juda was denied entry at Ellis Island over one answer about polygamy. Today, 1M+ New Yorkers trace their roots to the Middle East & North Africa — shaping the city for 150+ years. Learn more about Middle Eastern and North African immigrants: tinyurl.com/5zv4e8ze

Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.

A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world

electricliterature.com/7-novels-tha... via @electricliterature.com

This is such interesting history.

Up to 300,000 people are still missing in Syria. One year after Bashar al-Assad was ousted, families are searching for their loved ones with the help of the White Helmets. Amelie David speaks to some of these relatives and those working to get answers.

Federal data obtained by the Deportation Data Project at UC Berkeley shows that more than 2,600 immigrant children across the country were arrested in 2025. www.port-of-entry.com/p/immigratio...

Somali families in Minneapolis responded to ICE raids by bringing food to protesters—while staying indoors themselves, afraid to drive or be seen. That fear isn’t irrational. It’s shaped by histories of unaccountable armed power and sharpened by the Renee Good's death

Palestinians are among the most literate populations in the world for a reason. When everything is taken, they rebuild a library. Because the mind is a form of home no siege can erase. open.substack.com/pub/hollerwe...

Zohran’s deep love for Bangladeshis is a balm for those of us who grew up in the Desi diaspora, always pushed to the margins by Indian and Pakistani spaces. He’s a real one. #zohranmamdani #nyc .#southasiandiaspora

For the first real workday of 2026, I stuck to my morning writing routine, attempting to work on my memoir-in-progress, with a two-year-old singing #golden from #kpopdemonhunters and working on her sticker book next to me. Cutest colleague ever, though. #amwriting #MFA #morningpages #memoir

Federal data shows 2,600+ children were arrested by ICE this year alone. The research is clear: separating children from their parents causes higher rates of anxiety, PTSD symptoms, sleep disruption, and other stress responses that can affect development long after detention ends. buff.ly/a9ejDQq

Thousands of residents remain homeless, caught between their destroyed houses and their worn-out tents, as the occupation continues to block the entry of shelter materials and aid, leaving the people of the Strip to endure the harsh cold. prismreports.org/2025/12/16/g...

Investigators say they now have surveillance footage, cobbled together mostly from houses nearby, showing a person of interest arriving in the neighborhood around 10:30 a.m. and staying until the shooting began around 4:05 p.m.

Federal data shows 2,600+ children were arrested by ICE this year alone. The research is clear: separating children from their parents causes higher rates of anxiety, PTSD symptoms, sleep disruption, and other stress responses that can affect development long after detention ends. buff.ly/a9ejDQq

“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago

“You can’t not consider the issue of immigration as a child well-being issue.” Immigration enforcement fuels mental health crisis among children of immigrants, @jenniferchowdhury.bsky.social reports. Many of these children grow up carrying invisible scars that resurface later in life.

“Many of us are really scared, but we’re still showing up.” Nov. 16 was “the day the most immigrants were arrested in a single day” in North Carolina's history. As immigration raids are expected to escalate, locals are mobilizing to protect their neighbors @tinavasquez.bsky.social reports.

Immigration enforcement fuels mental health crisis among children of immigrants, @jenniferchowdhury.bsky.social reports. The fear that they could lose their parents defines the daily lives of many children in immigrant families, with long-term consequences for their mental well-being.

NEW for @harpersbazaar.com.web.brid.gy: When @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social won the Democratic nom for NYC mayor, I joined a community media panel to discuss his campaign. I mentioned how Mamdani began his speech by thanking the “aunties." The men laughed. www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...

🧵 New essay: Bad Bunny, “good English,” and who gets to belong in America. As the Puerto Rican superstar prepares to headline the Super Bowl halftime show, his refusal to perform in English has reignited old debates about language, culture, and power. buff.ly/2RWgIb3

Smart people keep saying… “AI technologies severely impede humans’ ability to learn and retain skills… Rather than expanding our intellectual horizons, these technologies undermine the very conditions that allow us to think for ourselves.”

You know it’s bad when the Dept of Labor says immigration raids are “threatening the stability of domestic food production and prices for US consumers.” @opinion.bloomberg.com #CPI www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Excellent piece from @jenniferchowdhury.bsky.social on talking with your kids about Palestine www.port-of-entry.com/p/i-dont-kno...

The New McCarthyism: UC Berkeley Just Handed Over the Names of 160 Students and Faculty to the Trump Admin Read: zeteo.com/p/the-new-mc...

Channel your outrage about @washingtonpost.com firing @karenattiah.bsky.social into support for her work

@karenattiah.bsky.social was one of the last chances @washingtonpost.com had at credibility. They couldn’t wait to fire her the moment she spoke the truth about how political violence and white supremacy play out in real life. I’ll be following her work—this time, free of censorship.

The 9/11 Immigrant Worker Freedom Act, reintroduced today by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, @aoc.bsky.social, would provide undocumented 9/11 workers with a pathway to citizenship. documentedny.com/2025/09/11/u...

Kashmir is often framed as India vs. Pakistan. But what do Kashmiris themselves want? I spoke with historian Dr. Hafsa Kanjwal, about erasure, settler colonialism & centering Kashmiri voices. Read in Port of Entry:

An AI slop factory apparently tried to rewrite our article about AI not replacing workers en masse, but hit the paywall... so just summarised the paywall. If this is the robot that takes my job I'll be v embarrassed

Migrants at a Miami immigration jail were shackled with their hands tied behind their backs and made to kneel to eat food from styrofoam plates “like dogs”, per a report from Human Rights Watch

“Amid a broader campaign to crack down on immigration, the Department of Homeland Security said that because “conditions have improved” in Honduras and Nicaragua, it is ending the program for natives of those countries in early September.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

When Anika Chowdhury lost both her parents, she began cooking to grieve—and to remember. What started as a quiet blog became Kitchen Gatherings, and eventually led to The Great American Recipe on @pbs.org. www.port-of-entry.com/p/diaspora-d... #BangladeshiFood #FoodIsMemory #PortOfEntry

"I am no longer interested in writing about migration from a moral or political stance or trying to convince anyone of the humanity of migrants. Migration is a biological fact, central to the evolution of our species, no more and no less." www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...

“India has positioned itself as the world’s largest democracy and a global economic player. Western governments, especially, are unwilling to jeopardize those alliances. So Kashmir is dismissed as an “internal matter.” That silence is strategic.” shorturl.at/o1dNF

I’m a daughter of immigrants raising daughters of the diaspora—and every other week, I share stories about what we carry across borders, through generations, and how we pass “home” on ▶️ www.port-of-entry.com/p/what-count...

Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife. While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE. This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.

ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds. He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings. He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights. This is political intimidation.

All I’ll say about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and theclaim that he’s too young or inexperienced: talk to any #BronxScience alum and they’ll tell you—those four years aged us straight into our mid-20s. So he's basically a decade older than his bio age.

Guess who embedded with immigration officials during an ICE raid in LA earlier this month? Dr. Phil. Yes, that Dr. Phil. It’s all part of the Trump administration’s efforts to build a self-sustaining digital media ecosystem to create content in support of its controversial immigration policies.

If you’re looking for quality independent reporting on what’s happening in Los Angeles, I’ve put together a starter pack for it. If you’d like to be added or know an indie who should be added, hmu

She has short bowel syndrome, and only the U.S. offers the treatment that keeps her alive. But her family’s humanitarian parole was suddenly revoked. Now, two months later, DHS has reversed course.

You know you’re in a graduate-level lit class when the professor asks the teachers in the class how they tackle AI plagiarism in their own classrooms.