White Supremacy Is Terrorism, Not a Difference of Opinion White Supremacy Is Terrorism, Not a Difference of Opinion
An Indiana city learns that a weak response to white supremacists has predictable consequences.
Aug 19, 2019 / Ed Burmila
Death Doesn’t Take a Holiday Death Doesn’t Take a Holiday
So far in 2019: 8,574 gun deaths in the US: gunviolencearchive.org.
Aug 19, 2019 / OppArt / Thomas Kerr
Undoing the Promise of the Statue of Liberty Undoing the Promise of the Statue of Liberty
Attempts to rewrite the poem at the base of the Statue of Liberty are an attack on immigrants like me and my family.
Aug 16, 2019 / George Atallah
The Truth Behind the Assassination of the South African PM The Truth Behind the Assassination of the South African PM
When my relative stabbed PM Hendrik Verwoerd to death, he was described as a “madman”—but he was really trying to bring down apartheid.
Aug 16, 2019 / Nikos Konstandaras
The Current Migrant Crisis Was Created by US Foreign Policy, Not Trump The Current Migrant Crisis Was Created by US Foreign Policy, Not Trump
The roots of our migrant crisis trace back to decades of US interventionism and bloody coups in Central America.
Aug 16, 2019 / Rebecca Gordon
Immigration Is for Rich People Immigration Is for Rich People
The Trump administration’s public charge rule treats noncitizens as a commodity—but their status was always for sale.
Aug 15, 2019 / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
Don’t Let the Trump Administration Rewrite Emma Lazarus Don’t Let the Trump Administration Rewrite Emma Lazarus
The Statue of Liberty poem “The New Colossus” was written as a radical call to welcome all immigrants—not just the wealthy and connected.
Aug 14, 2019 / John Nichols
‘We Were Treated Like Dirt’: A Visa Program Exploits Student Workers ‘We Were Treated Like Dirt’: A Visa Program Exploits Student Workers
With the J-1 visa, employers can skirt safety protections and avoid paying benefits.
Aug 14, 2019 / StudentNation / Michelle Chen
