Visualizing migration stories

“Distance Unknown,” an exhibition by MIT’s Civic Data Design Lab, documents the often challenging journeys migrants undertake to gain economic opportunity and food security.

School of Architecture and Planning • mit
Sept. 21, 2022 ~6 min

How government ‘welcome’ systems fail refugees

A new book faults the United States, Canada, and Germany for letting down refugees.

Rich Barlow-Boston U. • futurity
Aug. 9, 2022 ~8 min


Scientists at Work: How pharmacists and community health workers build trust with Cambodian genocide survivors

Studying medication use in a traumatized population of immigrants required pharmacists to listen to and learn from trusted community health workers.

Christina Polomoff, Assistant Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut • conversation
May 24, 2022 ~8 min

Study: Immigrants in the U.S. are more likely to start firms, create jobs

Compared to native-born citizens, immigrants are more frequently involved in founding companies at all scales.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
May 9, 2022 ~6 min

Lower rate of immigrant entrepreneurs where January’s cold

In states where the temperature plummets in January, immigrants are less likely to own their own businesses, research finds.

Liz Goodfellow-Futurity • futurity
Jan. 6, 2022 ~8 min

Higher preeclampsia risk for US-born Black women

Black women born in the US have higher rates of preeclampsia than those who immigrated, research shows.

Johns Hopkins University • futurity
Jan. 3, 2022 ~8 min

Report: Economics drives migration from Central America to the U.S.

A new survey underscores how material needs lead to movement within the Americas — at a high cost to those trying to relocate.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 23, 2021 ~7 min

American Muslims are at high risk of suicide - 20 years Post-9/11, the links between Islamophobia and suicide remain unexplored

Islamophobia increased post-9/11. Twenty years later, American Muslims are still dealing with the mental health effects – and research barriers limit what is known about what puts them at risk.

Amelia Noor-Oshiro, PhD Candidate in Public Health, Johns Hopkins University • conversation
Sept. 10, 2021 ~10 min


The dip in the US birthrate isn't a crisis, but the fall in immigration may be

Immigration has historically offset America's low fertility rate, but the recent dramatic drop in immigration threatens that trend.

Adrian Raftery, Boeing International Professor of Statistics and Sociology, University of Washington • conversation
June 21, 2021 ~7 min

Experts: Anti-Asian racism is snarled up with misogyny

Sara Savat-WUSTL • futurity
March 26, 2021 ~7 min

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