Alena MaschkeinReporting RefugeesCentral Americans are Being Shorthanded by U.S. Refugee PoliticsSuny Rodriguez’s parents were killed in her homeland Honduras in 2004, in circumstances that looked suspiciously like police retaliation…Mar 31, 2017Mar 31, 2017
Alena MaschkeLocal Photographers Take Back the South BronxThe New York Times recently named the South Bronx one of its top places to visit in 2017. At the Bronx Documentary Center, photographers of…Feb 21, 2017Feb 21, 2017
Alena MaschkeThe Berlin Wall: Antifascist Bulwark of International Diplomacy“My child!” is the first thing Ingrid H. yelled out when agents at the West- German checkpoint Dreilinden opened the wooden crate she had…Dec 23, 2016Dec 23, 2016
Alena MaschkeSpace is Relative: Are Charter Schools Worsening Conditions for Harlem’s Public School Students?As charter schools in Harlem continue to expand, tensions are growing between the community and the Department of Education. It is…Oct 21, 2016Oct 21, 2016
Alena MaschkeLack of Concrete Data on Adult Literacy Leaves Community Needs Unseen“The only way we know about adult students is through proxy methods.” Other than that, Venu Thekallat, Director of Data Analysis at the…Oct 21, 2016Oct 21, 2016