Displacement Mobility

On a Tuesday afternoon in March, Darius Okafor is editing in a borrowed room on the fourth floor of a building in Bushwick. Once a garment factory, the floor became...Read More “The City You Pay For” »

The scene is one New Yorkers know well, even when the issue changes: a crowd gathering outside a public building that has suddenly become more than just a physical space....Read More “Not in Our Neighborhood” »

out, was only the beginning. On a February morning, three hundred pounds of concrete broke free from the underside of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and fell without warning onto the settlement...Read More “The Road to Somewhere” »

On the evening of Wednesday, September 1, 2021, Hongsheng Leng was napping as the water entered his basement apartment. At 82, his energy was diminished from years of taking the...Read More “The End Of Watery Death Traps In NYC” »

There are refugee camps in Mexico and Turkey now rivaling the size of the world’s largest cities. It’s a result of the tragic storms of the last seven years in...Read More “People Fleeing Climate Crisis Finally Win Refugee Status” »

Nomad Designers Defeat Tech Giants, Forge New Era for Immigrant Creatives The Yesmad Collective, a global network of designers, has beaten back an aggressive financial and legal challenge from Meta,...Read More “Immigrant Designers Fight Back” »

Up to the early 21st century, immigrants were blamed for problems like crime, housing shortages, and wage suppression, with often dehumanizing rhetoric. “It is a too familiar fact that wherever,...Read More “Immigrants To Be Guaranteed Homes In Historic Hud Shift” »

A small rural town in upstate New York owes its survival to a group of recently relocated immigrants who, through a combination of quick thinking and community spirit, helped save...Read More “Immigrants Save Upstate New York Town from Flash Flood” »