Parade Magazine — which, I must admit, I don’t often read — has a nice piece on Lincoln, Nebraska and its community of Iraqi refugees. Looking at the experiences of a couple of families in particular, the article highlights how immigrants and refugees contribute to their adopted cities and, also, how cities can make the experiences of immigrants and refugees an integral part of relatively homogenous communities.

At a time when anti-immigrant sentiment, generally, and anti-Muslim sentiment, in particular, seems more out of control than in recent memory, it’s nice to see my city getting some deserved credit for the way in which it has welcomed immigrants and refugees (who, in this case, are also Muslims).

Full story here (HT: Belle Kohen).