Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of "The Refugees," reviews the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club selection of the month, Mohsin Hamid's "Exit West."…
Feb 14

By Saher Khan
The 24-hour news cycle is filled with political coverage, but not everything gets the attention it deserves. Here are five politics stories you may have missed in the past week.
Jan 15

Nebraska is a long way from northern Iraq. But nearly 3,000 refugees from the region's small Yazidi ethnic minority have resettled there, driven from their homes by the horrific violence perpetrated by the Islamic State group and decades of religious…
Dec 23

By Martha Bellisle, Associated Press
A federal judge in Seattle has partially lifted a Trump administration ban on certain refugees.
The State Department says a U.N. agreement aimed at addressing the needs of migrants could “undermine the sovereign right of the United States to enforce our immigration laws and secure our borders.”…
Nov 21

By Larisa Epatko
Refugees’ First Thanksgiving gathers newcomers to share a traditional American meal, potluck-style.

By PBS NewsHour
International artist and political activist Ai Weiwei has long mixed art and protest, gravity and playfulness. Now he's turned his creative powers to the global refugee crisis with a new documentary called "Human Flow," which opens nationwide on Friday. Jeffrey…
U.N. drone footage caught part of the Rohingya refugees' precarious journey to Bangladesh.
Nguyen was chosen for his writing "challenging popular depictions of the Vietnam War and exploring the myriad ways that war lives on," the foundation said.
Oct 10

By PBS NewsHour
In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, the sea is a constant reminder of a trauma for the refugees who crossed the water in search of security. But a group of swimming instructors in Lesbos, Greece, is working to…
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