Colonialism’s still here, but it’s not what it used to be—and the countries keeping us focused on the old definition, and old issues, are the same ones whose actions we should really be keeping a careful eye on today.
Author Archives: Daevan Mangalmurti
Still Together: How a Summer of Protest Could Lead to Lasting Change at Yale
While the Yale clubs and campus groups that donated and called for systemic change this summer haven’t gone silent, levels of activity on racial justice have descended from their summer highs.
American Dreams: Immigrant America Before and After the Pandemic
There’s no justification as potent as a pandemic for xenophobic policies and politicians.
Cast Adrift: America’s Foreign Visitors and the Global Pandemic
With the world on lockdown and every country an island, thousands of Mongolians and other foreign nationals have now been marooned in the United States for months
Losing One’s Tongue: Endangered Languages in Pandemic New York
For many of the world’s minority languages, NYC holds the power to make or break them.
Of Mice and Men: Immigrants, Scientists, and the Shadow of the Pandemic
As you consider the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, spare a thought for the mice. And the zebrafish. And the state of American science.
Made in America: COVID-19 and the United States’ Immigrant Students
The trajectory of the country will be determined in larger and larger part by those who choose it, rather than those who are born into it.
Beautiful Country: Chinese Students in Pandemic America
In many respects, the pandemic has come at the worst possible time for international students in the U.S.—especially those from China. Already isolated from home, they’re increasingly isolated here, too.