Trump’s unsupported allegations that immigrants are “animals, not people” may find a popular reception among many Americans because the association between immigrants, criminality, and reptility goes back to a period well before the founding of the nation.
The policies giving rise to these refugee camps were critical in shaping today’s multicultural Britain and also served as antecedents to the treatment of immigrants and refugees now.
On January 22, 1944 —75 years ago today— President Roosevelt reversed himself and established the War Refugee Board. The remarkable story of FDR’s turnabout sheds light on America’s response to the most horrific humanitarian crisis of our time.
The artist's continued freedom leaves us to question the extent to which legal authorities and the wider public takes abuses against black women and girls seriously.
Because the act of dancing is fundamentally tied to behavior and appearance, debates about dance have historically been connected to representations of race, gender, and even American national identity.
When conservatives claim birthright citizenship is not a part of the Constitution, they are ignoring America’s long history of slavery, discrimination, and segregation.
How the History of England's 17th Century Civil War, the American Revolution, and the American Civil War Shows the Shutdown's Potential to Spur Radical Change
