Ancient and medieval societies lacked the bureaucratic sophistication of modern states, but their loyalty screenings reveal similar...
Immigration
Millions face a future where one’s thoughts, not just one’s acts, may determine the ability to live...
The medieval church’s sanctuary reminds us that societies measure their justice not only in the punishments they...
This standoff is a constitutional, political and moral showdown unfolding on city hall steps, state capitols and...
To ask whether immigrants were sent to concentration camps is to recognize how far the machinery of...
The path ahead, unless reversed, is not one of crisis management but of enduring institutionalization, a shift...
Religion was the first passport. Without the sacred credential, there was no true political inclusion. Migrants did...
The involvement of religious leaders in immigration battles is part of a broader history of faith communities...
To study this forgotten migration is to glimpse a moment in which the American South briefly looked...
They are neighbors, landlords, patients, and coworkers. They are also, increasingly, a mirror. One held up not...
To understand Roy Cohn is not to understand a villain. It is to understand a system that...
A 1952 law that President Harry S. Truman opposed, calling it a step backward, now underpins many...
To defend civil liberties is not only to protect the rights of immigrants. It is to protect...
The foundation of ICE in 2003 marked more than a bureaucratic reorganization. It signaled the redefinition of...
When federal power wears a mask, it is not only immigrants who should be concerned. It is...
The myth of civic virtue as the foundation of citizenship has persisted for over two millennia, but...
A nation’s true wealth lies not in the portfolios of its investors, but in the lived bonds...
To speak of a medieval surveillance state is anachronistic, but not entirely misplaced. Though decentralized and diffuse,...
The biometric border is not just a frontier between nations. It is a mirror, reflecting the values...
The troubles and suffering of Jewish immigrants. By Dr. Bernard Weinstein1Emeritus Professor of Applied EconomicsUniversity of North...
Language, at its most honest, is a fluid thing. It adapts, it borrows, it evolves. Yet national...
A faction of the far right has been building a case to suspend habeas corpus for years....
They helped our soldiers at great risk to their lives. Now they are being betrayed by Trump....
Immigrants and their children comprised over half of manufacturing workers in 1920. By Dr. Charles HirschmanProfessor Emeritus...
Their narrative is a calculated distortion, designed to divide and distract. By Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate Introduction:...
The use of such hateful language is associated with populist shifts. By Dr. Ronald NiezenProfessor of Practice...
Tracing significant semantic changes of civic vocabulary. By Dr. Els RoseProfessor of Humanities and ClassicsUtrecht University A...
They are growing their ability to track, monitor, and surveil EVERYONE. By Maurizio GuerreroInvestigative Journalist Introduction The...
Prior to 1906, naturalization courts had little or no guidance. Throughout our nation’s history, foreign-born men and...
Sanctuary churches are doubling down on their work in spite of him. By Sierra LyonsMultimedia Journalist “Prism...