A Photographer Watched Syria’s Children While Their Government Bombed Them
In his book “Witnesses to War,” photographer Bassam Khabieh confronts the world with life and death in Syria's 10-year civil war.
John Washington
John Washington is a staff writer at LOOKOUT, an accountability news outlet focusing on LGBTQ+ issues. He is also an award-winning translator, having translated Óscar Martinez, Anabel Hernández, and Sandra Rodriguez Nieto, among others. His most recent book, "How to Close a Camp," was published by Haymarket Books in 2026. You can follow his work on Substack.
He is also the author of “The Dispossessed: A Story of Asylum at the U.S.-Mexico Border and Beyond,” published in 2020 by Verso Books.
He is also the author of “The Dispossessed: A Story of Asylum at the U.S.-Mexico Border and Beyond,” published in 2020 by Verso Books.
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The War on Immigrants
ICE Discussed Punishing Immigrant Advocates for Peaceful Protests
Internal documents show how ICE surveilled immigrant advocates' protest activities — and floated retaliating against them for it.
The War on Immigrants
“Nothing Is Changing”: ICE Sends Detainees to Irwin Prison Despite Pledges to Close It
Irwin, an ICE prison plagued by abuse allegations, is at the center of the Biden administration’s promises on detention reform.
The War on Immigrants
ICE Detention Center Shuttered Following Repeated Allegations of Medical Misconduct
Immigrant women held at the private prison alleged a pattern of medical procedures, including hysterectomies, without proper consent.
The War on Immigrants
ICE Subverting Biden's Priorities for Detention and Deportation
A new report sheds light on how, despite orders from the Biden administration to narrow its immigration enforcement, ICE is still casting a wide net.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Hunger Strikers Win Historic Relief Fund for Undocumented New York Workers — With Strings Attached
The $2.1 billion relief package was a major win for organizers, but some undocumented workers worry they'll be left behind.
The War on Immigrants
Private Companies Maneuvering to Cash In on Biden's Child Migrant Detention
Two of the firms poised to vie for new lucrative child detention contracts have checkered pasts in migrant detention.
A Syrian Asylum-Seeker’s Case Reframes Migrant Abuses as Enforced Disappearances
From family separation to European “pushbacks,” there’s a new legal effort to label anti-immigrant abuses as enforced disappearances.
The Coronavirus Crisis
ICE Threatened to Expose Asylum-Seekers to Covid-19 if They Did Not Accept Deportation
Amid a rush of deportations, four detainees at two different ICE detention centers said that guards threatened to put them in Covid-19 wards.
The Coronavirus Crisis
ICE Mismanagement Created Coronavirus "Hotbeds of Infection" In and Around Detention Centers
A Detention Watch Network report blames ICE for nearly a quarter-million coronavirus cases throughout the country.