Mean Streets

City Studies

Mean Streets

Common Cents

City Studies

Common Cents

Predatory Equity

Making Policy Public

Predatory Equity

Is College For Me?

Public Access Design

Is College For Me?

Figuring Out Health Insurance

Making Policy Public

Figuring Out Health Insurance

The Public School Avengers

Urban Investigations

The Public School Avengers

Print What is asylum?

Tens of thousands of migrants arrive to the United States each year seeking protection from persecution in their native country. The US government is obliged to offer asylum to those who can prove they need protecting, allowing refugees to start a new life in the US. However, not everyone who is eligible for asylum ends up receiving it. The asylum process is often dangerously misunderstood, and false information is commonly provided to asylum seekers, jeopardizing their chance to receive relief. How does the asylum process work? Who can asylum seekers turn to for help?

CUP teamed up with The Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture and design studio Bardo Industries to create What is Asylum?, a trilingual fold-out poster in English, Spanish, and French. The illustrated poster guides asylum seekers— many of whom have limited English and literacy skills— step-by-step through the difficult process of receiving asylum, and provides information about other resources they can turn to for assistance. 

Is There A Pattern?

Urban Investigations

Is There A Pattern?

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Making Policy Public

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

What's in the Water?

Making Policy Public

What's in the Water?

Tenants' Rights to Repairs

Making Policy Public

Tenants' Rights to Repairs

Stand Up to Clean Up!

Public Access Design

Stand Up to Clean Up!

Up Closed and Personal

Urban Investigations

Up Closed and Personal

Stand Clear of the Rising Fares

Urban Investigations

Stand Clear of the Rising Fares

Rent Regulation Rights - San Francisco Edition

Making Policy Public

Rent Regulation Rights - San Francisco Edition