Refugee Scholar

A third-generation refugee defies the odds

Newark Story Bus

A mobile media lab

Essential Until Expendable

One town's undocumented workforce fights to survive the pandemic

An American Meo: A Tale of Remembering And Forgetting

An excerpt from a hybrid memoir

Mirian Mijangos

A domestic worker from Guatemala describes her experiences finding work in New Jersey

Historias para lo que viene

Histories for what's to come

Shanta Adhikary Ghimire

A Nepali domestic worker finds her calling as a poet and activist

Malta Through Refugee Eyes

This idyllic Mediterranean island is a hub for global migration

Picturing Newark

Sixteen young photographers share their vision of life in their city as part of a National Geographic Photo Camp.

For My Immigrants

An anthem for immigrants

Arrivals

An audiovisual mosaic of human migration, resilience and cross-pollination

American Sueño

As our government's immigration policy evolves, Newest Americans explores what is at stake for Marisol Conde-Hernandez and her family.

Ironbound Foodscapes

Reverse Migration

Journey between Central America and New Jersey with people who are transforming a small Guatemalan town

Hijabi World

What wearing the hijab means for Muslim Jersey girls.

Notes For My Homeland

A Syrian-American composer responds to the tragedies instigated by the Assad regime by composing music in support of the Syrian...

Fighting Chance

Former Marine Mike Steadman and his partner Gary Bloore use boxing to push young men and women beyond their circumstances...

When We Meet Again

Immigration, separation and reunification come full circle for more than 30 Mexican families.

We Came & Stayed: Coyt Jones/Ras Baraka

The Newark Sound

A then-and-now look at the University Heights music scene from one generation to the next.

Off the Rails

The Ironbound has long been the site of industries that have provided livelihoods for its residents. But at what cost...

Over My Dead Body!

An occupational therapist turned community activist leads a resistance movement

Ursula Simone da Assis

A single mother from Brazil juggles multiple jobs to survive

Maricela Bendito

A domestic worker from Mexico becomes a business owner and activist

Gateways to Newark

An interactive exploration of the longest mural on the East Coast

Luso-Americano

The largest Portuguese-language newspaper in the U.S. keeps a community connected

Echoes of Fado

Experience the haunting melodies of this quintessentially Portuguese music

Glassbook Project: Brick By Brick

Rutgers students create glass sculptures based on the stories of Lusophone migrants to Newark.

Detained

Meet nine of the 400,000 immigrants detained in the U.S. each year

East Side High

Inside the most diverse high school in Newark, listen to a group of students as they try to make sense...

Portugal Day

On Portugal Day, an immigrant community commemorates its heritage of Ferry Street.

Act of Faith

A church that puts into practice what's said on the pulpit

On the Waterfront

Navigate the legacy of the industrial revolution along the Passaic River

Halsey Street: Frontier Of The New Newark

A look at the epicenter of Newark's downtown revival

React

We asked students at Rutgers University-Newark how they felt about the election of Donald Trump. This is what they told...

Flashes

For people who straddle two worlds, sometimes illumination comes in flashes

Define American

What does it mean to be American?

Slide Through Time

See Newark's University Heights in the 1960s and today

A Case For Empathy

A personal plea to recognize our reflection in the newest Americans

Newark 1967: Juggernaut, Movement, Resolution

How the plan to relocate a medical school to Newark in 1967 sparked a long summer of discontent.

37 Voices

Four women, all immigrant domestic workers in the state of New Jersey, recount their experiences as members of a work...

Ballad Of University Heights

What can be learned from 1967, when Newark's last sustained encounter with urban renewal collapsed into rubble?

Maid in the USA

A series about the domestic labor that makes all other work possible

The Transcendental Latino

A spoken word poem written for Something to Declare, a student devised theater piece about the immigrant experience.

The Glassbook Project: Provisions

Books made of glass inspired by the stories from the Krueger-Scott African-American Oral History Project

From Where I Stand

Audio essays by students in Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Robin Fisher's narrative journalism class. Photo portraits by David Bergeland.