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"Learning to Cook Brazilian: When food migrates but a family is divided" || Edible Vineyard; July 2010
"Tracing the Origins of Brazilians on the Island" || The Vineyard Gazette; September 4, 2009
"How Migration Transformed Martha's Vineyard" || The Financial Times; August 15 2009
"The Occasional Kindness of Strangers" || The New York Times; September 19, 2008
"'The U.S. Doesn't Want Me'"|| Financial Times Magazine; January 6, 2008 (pdf)
"Guest Workers Revisited: Moroccan Immigrants, Spanish Strawberries and Europe's Future"|| Der Spiegel Online; Cartaya, Spain: May 11, 2007
"Europe's guest workers ask, 'Where are our pensions'?" || Christian Science Monitor; Granada, Spain: April 10, 2007
"Spain's New Want Ad: Moroccan Mothers to Pick Strawberries" || Christian Science Monitor; Cartaya, Spain: March 29, 2007
"Closing the Circle: Brazilian Filmmaker Explores His Roots in Berlin" || Der Spiegel Online; Berlin: February 17, 2007
"The Stars Align in Deutschland: 57th Berlin Film Festival" ||The New York Sun; Berlin: February 7, 2007
African refugees "EU proposes new door for legal immigration" || Christian Science Monitor; Berlin: January 17, 2007
Image of brain "Meeting My Illness" || Brown University Alumni Magazine, Fall 2006

"How Ms. Ma of North Korea Seeks Asylum in America" ||The New York Sun; March 15, 2006, FRONT PAGE

immigrants wait in line outside INS office "Strivers Wait in Long, Freezing Lines For a Shot at Entry-Level Jobs Here" || The New York Sun; March 2, 2006, FRONT PAGE
"Irish Illegal Aliens Win Cllinton as Aly of Immigration Law Change"|| The New York Sun; New York, NY:March 9, 2006, FRONT PAGE

"Top-Dollar Banana"||The New York Sun; New York, NY: February 22, 2006 ARTS & LETTERS; Pg. 13

"A New Immigration Movement Forms in Irish Community"|| The New York Sun; New York, NY: January 30, 2006, FRONT PAGE

"5,000 Forged ID's Seized in Sweep" ||The New York Sun; New York, NY: December 8, 2005, FRONT PAGE

"Fake IDs Openly Made and Sold in New York City" || The New York Sun; New York, NY: December 6, 2005, FRONT PAGE

A Former Chad Prisoner's Fight for Justice ||The New York Sun; November 18, 2005, SECTION: NEW YORK; Pg. 4

Image of Afghan immigrant in Germany

"HEADING HOME TO CHAOS Germany Begins Repatriating Afghan Refugees"|| Der Spiegel Online; September 26, 2005

Image of Brazilian coffee bags

"SWAPPING CAIPIRINHAS FOR CURRYWURST Immigration from Brazil to Germany Is on the Rise" || Der Spiegel Online; September 9, 2005

half constructed new home in Mexico

"EMPTY PALACES IN ATACPAN Guillermo is building his dream home, but will he end up living in it?" || Brooklynite; New York and Atacpan: Fall 2005 (pdf)

"How One Illegal Immigrant Makes His Rite of Passage" || The New York Sun; New York, NY: October 31, 2005, FRONT PAGE

Gerhard Schroeder reading newspaper "German Elections: Will Germany's Turks Pick the Next Chancellor?" || Spiegel Online; Berlin, Germany September 15, 2005. Written with Ferda Ataman.

"'Better Bottle Bill' Could Make Life Easier for One Redeemer" || The New York Sun; New York, NY: June 21, 2005, FRONT PAGE

Fresh and Direct: Live-Poultry Markets Multiply in New York|| The New York Sun; June 14, 2005, FRONT PAGE

"Smuggled Women, Modern Slaves, Tell their Tales in New York" || The New York Sun; New York, NY: May 18, 2005, FRONT PAGE

"Change Coming for Immigrants In from Mexico" || The New York Sun; Atacpan, Mexico: April 25, 2005, FRONT PAGE

"In Mexico City, Few Cheers for Giuliani"|| The New York Sun; Mexico City, Mexico: April 11, 2005, FRONT PAGE

New York Takes a Cue From Texas|| The New York Sun; March 25, 2005, SECTION: FRONT PAGE; Pg. 1

"Bronx Pupils Strive To Speak Korean"||The New York Sun; New York, NY: March 23, 2005 Pg. 2

"Feeling the Beat of Brazil"|| The New York Sun; New York, NY: March 4, 2005, TRAVEL; Pg. 21

"Female Day Laborers Gather in Brooklyn"||The New York Sun; New York, NY: February 18, 2005, FRONT PAGE

"Joseph Salvo Chronicles the Patterns of Immigration in a City of Immigrants" || The New York Sun; New York, NY January 31, 2005; Pg. 2

"Strangers in their Homeland: 'It's Tearing Families Apart,' Says a Sobbing Mother" || The New York Sun; New York, NY: October 22, 2004, FRONT PAGE

"I'm Not Going To Use Drugs To Forget, I'm Not Going To Waste My Spirit"|| The New York Sun; October 21, 2004, NEW YORK; Pg. 15

"Strangers in their Homeland: Deported Criminals Wasting Away || The New York Sun; Santo Domingo, DR: October 21, 2004 FRONT PAGE

"Strangers in their Homeland: Alarm Growing in Dominican Republic Over Influx of Deportees From America"|| The New York Sun; Santo Domingo, DR: October 20, 2004 FRONT PAGE

"A Messenger With a Message" || The New York Sun; New York, NY: September 16, 2004, pg 16

"Maracatu Rhythms At Last" || The New York Sun; September 7, 2004, ARTS & LETTERS; Pg. 17

"Netball Craze Spreads to Five Boroughs" || The New York Sun; New York, NY: August 24, 2004, NEW YORK; Pg. 2

"A Slavery Case Nears Hearing in Manhattan" || The New York Sun; New York, NY: August 10, 2004, FRONT PAGE

"A Gentleman and a Farmer: Ted King" ||The New York Sun; New York, NY: July 6, 2004 Tuesday, THE KNICKERBOCKER; Pg. 14

"'Little Greece' Celebrates Soccer Win as Czech Loyalists Nurse Wounds"|| The New York Sun; New York, NY: July 2, 2004 Pg. 2, 508 words

"May I Have This $2 Dance? Latin Immigrant Men Seek Dance Partners at Popular Bars" || The New York Sun; June 29, 2004 Pg. 2

"Lock-In Emerges as Serious Issue in Workplaces" || The New York Sun; New York, NY: June 18, 2004, FRONT PAGE

"Acorn Building Becomes Focus of Bronx Battle" ||The New York Sun; New York, NY: June 1, 2004, FRONT PAGE

"North African Adventure"|| The New York Sun; May 28, 2004, TRAVEL; Pg. 21

"Three Cooks, a Dishwasher, and 35 Million Bucks"|| The New York Sun; New York, NY: March 5, 2004, FRONT PAGE

"Women Cab Drivers Making Their Mark" || The New York Sun; New York, NY: February 19, 2004 FRONT PAGE

"Ground Zero Cleanup Workers to be Swept Away" ||The New York Sun January 28, 2004, NEW YORK; Pg. 3

"Fort Greene Sees Visible Signs of Gentrification" || The New York Sun; New York, NY: December 24, 2003 NEW YORK; Pg. 4

"Gal Costa’s Bossa Nova Life"|| The New York Sun; October 28, 2003