My watch died in Tijuana.  I was waiting in front of the gigantic orange dusted beams made of concrete, attached to the sign “US Customs and Border Patrol,” next to 6 or 8 lanes of cars, in the middle of a line of white tourists with baseball caps fringed with sweat stains, brown families with [...]

Immigration, Law-ing | 1 Comment »

Its been a while. So time for something new.
A friend turned me on to an article in the NY Times detailing the post-Iraq life of Shaheen Khan, a Pakistani woman who is now paralyzed after a few months as a laundry worker in the Green Zone in Baghdad. KBR, formerly known as Kellogg, [...]

Desi, Economics, Immigration, Palestine, Race, Resistance | 1 Comment »

They come through TV, books, radio, internet, iPods, certain manifesting circumstances, and other various sundries. I wonder what there is about this place that makes it so different than that place. And I wonder why the lives we traverse are not so immediately forgiven that when someone picks up and goes, they are [...]

Economics, Immigration, Politic, Race | No Comments »

Dear friends, foes, bloggers, and web cruisers,
There’s a fight going on right now. Its happening in Houston this time, where janitors are striking and coming together to fight for decent wages, healthcare, and perhaps more importantly, dignity and respect. Houston’s the only major city in the country that still utilizes the [...]

Immigration, Race, Resistance | 1 Comment »

Here in the ridiculous city of quartz, immigration is always at the center of our modern histories. This is THE City of Immigrants. How do I know this? I once talked to someone who lived in a neighborhood that had Brazilians living side by side with Indians and Pakistanis. There’s no [...]

Economics, Immigration, Politic | 5 Comments »