Memories of Chile Connect Advocate with Immigrant Children

As an advocate for immigrant children, Antonieta Diaz gives them the time to tell her their stories. She will listen.     “I got to learn the stories through their voices. It’s really...

The Perilous Road to Seoul

BY MATT RUSLING, MEDILL NEWS SERVICE [to lead story, "Re-educating North Koreans in South Korea"] North Korea's state of impoverishment has spawned a steadily increasing influx of refugees into South Korea, from about ten a year in the early '90s to 1,894 in 2004 (and a 45.7...

Sierra Leone's amputees: Those left to beg

BY MATT RUSLING, MEDILL NEWS SERVICE After a decade long war, many of Sierra Leone's war wounded still slog through life, depending on handouts for survival. These two companion stories contrast the life of one...

Bana Bana and a new era for global remittances

BY ALEXANDER KNETIG, SCIENCES PO, SPECIAL TO THE MEDILL NEWS SERVICE A lonely man is crossing the Savannah in his wooden horse cart, hand-painted in red, yellow and green, the national colous of Senegal. In this...

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