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While kids run on the soccer pitch, parents tackle anxiety with lavender oil, breathing techniques, and more

In DeKalb County, a free soccer program for Latino kids helps parents too: through access to information—and each other.

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After a video goes viral, a customized soccer ball is a business success

At just 25 years old, local shop owner Andrea Suarez has orders until the end of the year.

At the intersection of immigration and healthcare, stories “humanize what the systems can obscure”

Healthcare providers and community advocates came together to make space for stories about immigrant communities harmed by the U.S. healthcare system.

As the World Cup approaches, Zeke’s Kitchen & Bar is raising the profile of Haitian cuisine
“They’re free to be kids here”

On a makeshift soccer pitch in a Decatur gym, middle schoolers from countries including Afghanistan, Congo, and Sudan speak a shared language (with a little trash talk mixed in).

 Spring has sprung—and for one Burundian farmer, that means it’s time to get back to the garden

This year, gardeners from the nonprofit Global Growers Network are combating food insecurity by harvesting produce for local food banks.

Andres Carrillo, founder of the pop-up Cocina Pachuco, is using his cuisine to fundraise for immigrants in detention 

Born and raised in El Paso, the recently arrived chef is strengthening ties with his new home. One way he's doing that: supporting the state's immigrant communities.

“The work has become three times harder”

We speak to pro bono immigration attorney Serene Hawasli-Kashlan, legal director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice–Atlanta, about what it's like to do her job right now.

“We did it”: Latinx student film Nuestra Realidad makes its cinematic debut at Tara Theatre

“We’re really taking up the space and not only just taking it, but we’re adding to it.”

An afternoon at the ICNA food pantry on Memorial Drive

We sat down with Abdul Basit to talk about his work fighting food insecurity and what it’s like to do his job in the midst of mass federal cuts.