Alyssa Jeong Perry

Justin Chon's new film Blue Bayou is about a Korean-born, American-raised adoptee who faces deportation back to Korea. Many adoptees without U.S. citizenship face that same problem in real life.

Here are some of the most illuminating stories that we've read this week about the uprisings across the nation, and what brought the country to this moment.

Thousands of asylum-seekers in Mexico are waiting their turn to ask U.S. border officials for asylum. A volunteer group of doctors and nurses travel to Tijuana weekly to attend to their health needs.

Now that wildfires are a year-round problem in California, officials are adding emotional support to the services they provide to firefighters in the field.