When he was a younger man, the talk on the street, at the barbershop, at the basketball court and almost everywhere always grabbed Frank Latin. It was the news the neighborhood cared about. So he listened and he joined in. Not too long ago, Latin found himself joining in even more than he ever imagined. […]
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Written by Stephen on August 12, 2015
Traveling east from Kabul toward the Pakistan border is a place of precious South Asian history. A spot on the Silk Route with roots as old as 5,000 years and a Buddhist community marked by ancient monasteries. But it is a page from another time that may be wiped away. Mes Aynak is the […]
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Written by Stephen on June 19, 2015
migrar (link here for a short video) They remember the minute they arrived. But they also remember why they came and why and how their lives have changed. They talk about the frustrations, loneliness, isolation. But also they speak about new chances, new lives, new doors that wouldn’t have opened for them. They are stories of […]
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Written by Stephen on June 14, 2015
So much of our world is marked by places, where hope has been abandoned. Great swaths of the globe exist, where hope disappeared even before it opened its eyes. From Honduras to Nigeria to Myanmar, bad things happen because that’s what is expected. But what happens when good will and good planning struggles, fights and […]
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Written by Stephen on June 4, 2015
They come from everywhere. They come to start anew, to survive, to live just another day. They come to Chicago because it is where others settled, where they have links, or where there are hands willing to to accept them. Chicago’s has a legacy as a place of sanctuary. This story about the flight of Assyrians […]
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Written by Stephen on December 24, 2014