Atmika Iyer

2 weeks ago | thefulcrum.us | Atmika Iyer

Roseanne Rodriguez took an when she became a combat medic for the U.S. Army to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies.” She said it was important to her to uphold her oath as a civilian even if President Donald Trump doesn’t.

2 weeks ago | dc.medill.northwestern.edu | Atmika Iyer

Representative Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) paid tribute to the American rock n’ roll singer Bruce Springsteen by inciting a collective rendition of “Born in the U.S.A” on May 15 outside the Supreme Court with several immigrant advocates. “Born in the U.S.A.” is a song about a Vietnam War vet returning home to a country that has forgotten him.

3 weeks ago | thefulcrum.us | Atmika Iyer

This article is part of a short series examining the Trump administration’s impact on international students in American higher education. This is the second and final installment of the series, which is focused on F1 student visa-to-citizenship pipelines. The first part of the series, entitled “Legal Battles Continue for International Students With Pro-Palestinian Views,” was about ongoing litigation against the Trump administration for ideological deportations in higher education.

1 month ago | aretenews.com | Atmika Iyer

RIGA, Latvia (AN) – Carrying NATO and Swedish flags, 550 Swedish soldiers marched out of a ship at Riga Port, followed by combat vehicles with grenade launchers and armored troop carriers. The troops joined NATO's multinational brigade in Latvia earlier this year, swelling its ranks to 3,000. Swedish ambassador to Latvia Karin Hölgund said Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in Feb.

1 month ago | thefulcrum.us | Atmika Iyer

A Russian international student at Northwestern came to the U.S. to study journalism “to work as a reporter in a country where I would feel safe,” she said. “I couldn't speak up against the government in Russia, I was at huge risk of being imprisoned, and I thought that it was over, but now very scarily similar things are happening in the U.S. as well, and I just have deja vu,” she said. The student is being kept anonymous for fear of retaliation against her legal status for speaking out.