New Release: The Georgetowner’s Peggy Sands’ Primer on Immigration Basics
• November 18, 2024

By Edward Segal Immigration, a hot-button issue in the presidential election that President-elect Donald Trump said would be a priority in his second term, is the focus of The Georgetowner […]

Opinion: How 9/11 Transformed Immigration in America  
• September 11, 2024

When Americans think of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, they think of the thousands of innocents who died in the […]

Beyond Borders: Confronting the Harsh Realities of Immigration Detention and Deportation in the United States
• April 11, 2024

Join us for a conversation between César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández, author of Migrating to Prisons and Welcome the Wretched: In Defense of the “Criminal Alien” and Adina Appelbaum, Program Director, […]

Beyond Borders: Confronting the Harsh Realities of Immigration Detention and Deportation in the United States
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Join us for a conversation between César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández, author of Migrating to Prisons and Welcome the Wretched: In Defense of the “Criminal Alien” and Adina Appelbaum, Program Director, […]

Beyond Borders: Confronting the Harsh Realities of Immigration Detention and Deportation in the United States
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Join us for a conversation between César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández, author of Migrating to Prisons and Welcome the Wretched: In Defense of the “Criminal Alien” and Adina Appelbaum, Program Director, […]

‘Ragtime,’ an American Masterpiece: A Must See
• November 30, 2023

“Ragtime the Musical” — it’s been called “an American Masterpiece.” It’s not hard to shout out that moniker. “Ragtime” has everything. Unforgettable music and lyrics, drama, dance, heroes both of the […]

News Analysis: House Budget Riders Could Impact D.C. Funding, Voting Laws
• July 17, 2023

For months D.C. officials have been roiled by proposals from the U.S. Congress to restrict and tighten up some of the District’s crime arrest and detention policies. President Biden actually […]

Exclusive Interview on the Migrant Crisis: Woman Walks From Ecuador to Texas
• August 29, 2022

Recently, I asked the president of a large Democratic women’s organization in Washington, D.C., if they had been helping any of the more than 6,000 migrants who had been bussed […]

‘El Muro/The Wall’ Dance at National Portrait Gallery (photos)
• May 21, 2022

On three successive evenings in mid-May, the Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company (DTSBDC) premiered the latest in collaboration with the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. ‘El Muro’ […]

Celebrating Latino Culture in D.C. at the ‘Parade of Nations’ (photos)
• September 13, 2021

Fiesta DC, now in its 49th year, is the annual Latino Festival in Washington D.C. One of the festival’s highlights, the “Parade of Nations,” featuring traditional costumes and entertainment from […]