Angered by the President’s gross mischaracterizations of the migrant caravan, the Modern-Day Church Lady sets the record straight about why people leave Central America based on her recent travels to…
While tear gas is lobbed over boarder walls at innocent women and children in the migrant caravan traveling from Central America, the Modern-Day Church Lady meets a young immigrant from…
With the holidays coming fast and furious, the Modern-Day Church Lady offers 5 reasons to host asylees (people who have been granted asylum) in your home, for the holidays or…
As the church lady steels herself for the results of the mid-term elections, she is both wary of and hopeful for the unpredictable black swan moments that might emerge from…
The word socialism has sprung into our political discourse, but with a new hopeful and vibrant meaning. This new socialism has captured the imagination of the young and is beginning…
I tried to focus on the young woman I was visiting at the Elizabeth Detention Center. But my attention kept being drawn to the West African grandmother surrounded by her…
When the actress Uzo Aduba answered a question about how to talk about race when you don’t know what words to use, I leaned forward. Aduba, who is best known…
“When I get out of here, I’m not taking anything for granted” Those were some of the first words out of the young African woman’s mouth when I sat down…
Edafe Okporo’s story offers hope in a time when many of us feel despair about the state of immigration in the United States.
A life force distorted by captivity. Just like the asylum seekers I visit in detention. That was my first thought upon seeing these photos of the incarcerated trees from the…
