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A Case for Illegal Immigration
At this point, the debate over immigration in the United States is less a conversation than an interminable morass. We hear the same arguments...
Read & DiscussBrian Merchant thinks Bikes: Now with More Threat to Your Personal... is good.
2 years agoBrian Merchant thinks Slavoj Zizek on the Hypocrisy of Conscious... is good.
2 years agoThe Great Refugee Wire Transfer
File this under "Good to Know": Western Union can get your cash to a refugee in need as easily as you can pull money out of an ATM. Even if your...
Read & DiscussBrian Merchant thinks Atlanta's Buford Highway Is a Death Trap is good.
2 years agoBrian Merchant thinks Energy Bill, R.I.P. is good.
2 years agoBrian Merchant thinks The Six Craziest Things In Your Cosmetics is good.
2 years agoWhat it Feels Like to Be an Illegal Alien
For over a month now, Samy has been stuck in the city of Chiang Mai. Broke, alone, at constant risk of deportation, and bored out of his mind,...
Read & DiscussThe Bangkok Embassy and International Intrigue (or Lack Thereof)
Embassies make problems go away. In both practical matters (a patient clerk helping a tourist with a lost passport) and popular imagination (a...
Read & DiscussBrian Merchant thinks Battling Heat Waves by Making the Grid Smarter is good.
2 years agoBrian Merchant thinks USDA Comes Out for Sugary Beverage Tax is good.
2 years agoCan a Violent Military Regime Become a Democracy ... This Year?
It’s been 20 years since an election has been held in Burma. In the last election, in 1990, the lifelong pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu...
Read & DiscussBrian Merchant thinks Panera's Pay-What-You-Want Restaurant Actually... is good.
2 years agoCrowdsourcing Refugee Resettlement—What's Your Idea?
Even after getting arrested and suffering a narrow brush with deportation, Samy is still hiding out in the bustling Thai city of Chiang Mai....
Read & DiscussThe Armchair Refugee Rescue Operation, Phase 2
I think it’s time to face a few facts. When I began this endeavor a few months ago, I had little concept of what the moving a refugee out of...
Read & DiscussSamy Gets Arrested
Last week, Samy was arrested by the Thai police. A few days before, he had left the refugee camp to make a rare clandestine trip to the city of...
Read & DiscussHow to Move Refugees Into Your Neighborhood...
First, you have to live in Canada. Our neighbors to the north live in one of the few places in the world where citizens can take the initiative...
Read & DiscussThe Bangkok Massacre Sparks Déjà-vu for Samy
Samy doesn't live near the Thai capital of Bangkok, but his fate rests largely on the government that resides there-and that government has...
Read & DiscussRefugees, You Have a Friend in Canada
It’s time to face some facts: As it stands now, it would take a small miracle to get Samy legally resettled into the United States. I’m not yet...
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