A sociologist interviewed hundreds of immigrants in New York, Barcelona and Paris. Here's what they say those cities get right — and do wrong — when integrating foreign-born residents.
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A new analysis shows that the US health care system will save money in the long run by screening people born in Asia and Africa for the hepatitis B virus, which causes liver cancer and cirrhosis.
The 20th-century philosopher Hannah Arendt wrote how refugees, in the absence of legal rights, were forced to live in a state of 'absolute lawlessness.' Her words matter today.
The president says immigration is bad for the US economy. Economists disagree.
Donald Trump's policy to separate children from their migrant parents lays bare his fascism. The time has come for Americans to resist this act of domestic terrorism.
Many Canadians have volunteered to help newcomers adjust to society. This board game was developed to help these volunteers understand what it feels like to enter a new country and build a new life.
Employees with more than one cultural identity can help improve an organization’s performance.
A scholar who visited Rohingya camps in Myanmar found little hope of a safe return home for refugees, who are currently living in camps in neighboring Bangladesh.
As a pediatrician, I'm not letting State Department warnings stop me from leading surgical missions.
A recent study reveals that immigrant-serving organizations in Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador do not demonstrate an awareness of racially diverse LGBTQ immigrants.
Even if policies could be found to bind new immigrants to regional areas, workers' movements would continue to weaken the long-run impact on regional populations and economies.
A few years ago, a folklorist started gathering data on the creative ways graduates were embellishing their caps. From student debt to immigration, some themes quickly emerged.
Does immigration lead to more crime? Here's what the research says.
People who’ve gotten nose jobs are also trying to revert to a more natural look.
An expert explains why a recent plan to include a question about citizenship in the 2020 census is unjust, both for citizens and noncitizens.
Australian governments are faced with a choice: make the difficult decisions to fix planning systems so more houses can be built, or tap the brakes on Australia's migrant intake.
The demographics, which include declining numbers of adult children free to step up and potentially fewer immigrants, suggest that this big problem society faces will get bigger.
As the American colonists famously said: 'No taxation without representation.'
Australia has had a large influx of skilled migrants in recent decades. Better educated and more highly paid than past generations of migrants, they are also creating a different sort of community.
Talking about mental health challenges is not always so easy for young immigrant and refugee men in Canada, according to research from the University of British Columbia.
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Professor of Sociology and Program Head, New York University
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Reader in Comparative Social Science, Department of Lifelong and Comparative Education, UCL
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Professor of Anthropology, The Ohio State University
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Assistant Professor of Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Professor, University of California, Merced
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Director, Centre for International Mental Health, University of Melbourne
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John Daley is a Friend of The Conversation.
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ARC Future Fellow, Griffith University
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Professor of Social Economics, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor, Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor, Centre of Policy Studies and the Impact Project, Victoria University
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Chancellor's Professor of Education and Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
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Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Research Fellow, Sydney Democracy Network, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Bristol
