Charting change in the U District through one of its most beloved restaurants Taso Lagos first immigrated to Seattle with his family from Greece when he was just nine years old. For 40 years, this family constellated around the Continental Restaurant on University Way NE, near the University of Washington. Libby Denkmann
Most basements are boring, but my yeye’s basement is a barbershop Yuk and Cho Yuen have run a barbershop out of the basement of their Beacon Hill home for 40 years. Colin Yuen talked to Yuk, his grandma, about her immigration story, her love story, and what he has to learn from her. Colin Yuen
Two teens separated by a generation: What 'working hard' means to me and my mom Michell Nguyen sets high standards for her daughter, RadioActive's Jennifer Nguyen. Jennifer sat down with her mom to talk about where those standards came from: Michell's experience working in a sugar factory in Vietnam at age 13. Jennifer Nguyen
Decades later, a collection of photographs is filling in the corners of Washington's Latino history Irwin Nash photographed the living and working conditions of workers in the Yakima Valley during the height of the United Farm Workers' Movement. Thanks to technology, his photos are bringing that story to the forefront today. Alec Cowan
Justice Department Breaks Off Talks On Compensation For Separated Families The U.S. has left negotiations about paying monetary damages to families who were forcibly separated while seeking to enter at the southern border during the Trump administration. Joel Rose
An immigrant activist says ICE deported him in retaliation. Now he's back in the U.S. The Biden administration has allowed several prominent immigrants' rights activists back into the U.S. after they charged that immigration authorities were retaliating against them for speaking out. Joel Rose
U.S. will resume 'Remain in Mexico' policy for asylum-seekers Migrants seeking to enter the United States will again have to stay in Mexico as they await immigration hearings, as the Biden administration reluctantly announced plans to comply with a court order. The Associated Press
A once-remote patch of rainforest is now packed with migrants trying to reach the U.S. More than 100,000 people have crossed the Darién Gap jungle from Colombia to Panama so far this year. The environmental impact and threats from cartels are many. John Otis
Private immigrant prison in Tacoma must now pay working detainees minimum wage A federal jury ruled this week that GEO Group, the company that runs the Northwest ICE Processing Center for immigrants, must pay working detainees the state’s minimum wage. Thousands of past detainees are eligible for back pay in a multi-million dollar class action lawsuit. Casey Martin
Jury rules GEO Group must pay detainees minimum wage, not $1 per day ‘I think this case vividly illustrates the problems that you have when you have a private corporation running this detention center, which is for all purposes a prison.’ Paige Browning
