Tag: Migration
To preserve US national parks in a warming world, reconnect fragmented...
Stephen Nash, University of Richmond
The Trump administration’s decision to keep many U.S. national parks open during the current federal government shutdown, with few or...
Mexico elects a leftist president who welcomes migrants
Luis Gómez Romero, University of Wollongong
Mexico’s next president will be Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a former Mexico City mayor and outspoken critic of the...
Migration mayhem in 2017: 9 essential reads
Danielle Douez, The Conversation
President Donald Trump did not waste any time pushing strict immigration policies in 2017, as promised during his campaign. What resulted...
Will Puerto Ricans return home after Hurricane María?
Alexis R. Santos-Lozada, Pennsylvania State University
Even before this year’s devastating hurricane season, the team of demographers I work with at Penn State and the...
Hurricanes drive immigration to the US
Dean Yang, University of Michigan and Parag Mahajan, University of Michigan
In the last few weeks, hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Katia have cut paths of...
Educating children in Guatemala before they decide to migrate to the...
Carmen Monico, Elon University
On March 8, 40 girls were killed in a fire at a home for abused youth in Guatemala. More...
The rise of anti-immigrant attitudes, violence and nationalism in Costa Rica
Caitlin Fouratt, California State University, Long Beach
Costa Rica is often thought of as the “Switzerland of the Americas.”
With a stable...
How Trump’s immigration enforcement could affect families and communities
William D. Lopez, University of Michigan
When immigration officers forcibly remove individuals from their homes, it impacts the psychological, emotional and economic well-being of their...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
