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Emergency!
As you know, our buffoonish caricature of a president followed through on his threat to undermine the Constitution, declare himself an autocrat, and waste billions on a pointless, hate-filled endeavor...
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Up and Running
Look, it’s not like we were using the place for anything. Yes, I’m talking about Fort Sill, a 150-year-old military base in Oklahoma that was once the site of an internment camp for Japanese-Americans...
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Crazy Shit at the Border
The imagination of children is limitless. For example, recently the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History inquired about obtaining some charming drawings that kids had made showing their...
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The Assimilation Blues
We have heard from disgraced presidents and esteemed journalists, from nervous demographers and right-wing bigots, from talk show hosts and the oversampled, oversimplified residents of mythical Middle...
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The Never-ending Crisis
In 1937, a young Cuban woman became America’s first “illegal immigrant.” No, she wasn’t the first person to enter the country without permission (that would be Christopher Columbus). But when the New...
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Ellis Island to East LA
Here’s a charming number for you to ponder: Over the course of American history, over 50 million people have been kicked out of this country — deported, banished, exiled, gone daddy gone. And of that...
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Differences
In the weeks since Vladimir Putin launched his “genius” invasion, more than 2 million Ukrainians have fled their country. These refugees have scattered to neighboring European nations, where they have...
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No Limits
I was a kid the first time I heard of Martha’s Vineyard. Someone told me that the movie Jaws had been filmed there. Of course, I wondered who this Martha was and how she owned an entire ocean that she...
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The Latest Data
It’s time for another update on how my fellow Latinos are doing. First, the good news. Ongoing efforts to mobilize Latino voters are paying off, and Hispanics are poised “to become a consequential...
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Joining the Club (Part 2)
I recently wrote about the women who believe supporting the Republican Party will somehow protect them from the wrath of angry right-wing men. But now let me discuss an issue closer to home: the rise...
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