Helen Thorpe

Helen Thorpe is the author of Just Like Us: The True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age in America. Her forthcoming book, The Newcomers, about refugee resettlement, is due out in November.

Opinion: The Irish Americans Surrounding Trump Need To Remember Their People's History

The long saga of the Irish diaspora cannot end with us, of all people, being the ones to say that because you have suffered, you are not welcome.

Helen Thorpe • 4 years ago 4 years ago

Monica Chose To Come Out From The Shadows, But The Shadows Are Winning

Our inability to bring millions of undocumented people out of the shadows creates an engine of hypocrisy at the heart of our American life.

Helen Thorpe • 6 years ago 6 years ago