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Strangers in the Land
: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America
Michael Luo
2025
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Who Gets to Be an American?
Since the earliest days of the Republic, American citizenship has been contested, subject to the anti-democratic impulses of racism, suspicion, and paranoia.
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Michael Luo
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The New Yorker
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May 20, 2025
When an American Town Massacred Its Chinese Immigrants
In 1885, white rioters murdered dozens of their Asian neighbors in Rock Springs, Wyoming. 140 years later, the story of the atrocity is still being unearthed.
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Michael Luo
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The New Yorker
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March 3, 2025
History’s Lessons on Anti-Immigrant Extremism
Even Trump’s recent assertion that he would use executive action to abolish birthright citizenship has a historical link to the Chinese American experience.
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Michael Luo
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The New Yorker
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January 5, 2025
Remembering a Victim of an Anti-Asian Attack, 150 Years Later
Gene Tong, a popular herbal-medicine doctor in Los Angeles, was hanged by a mob during one of the worst mass lynchings in American history.
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Michael Luo
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The New Yorker
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May 11, 2022
The Dark Purpose Behind a Town Constable’s Journal
Why did a local official, at the turn of the twentieth century, maintain a ledger tracking Chinese residents?
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Michael Luo
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The New Yorker
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January 28, 2022
America Was Eager for Chinese Immigrants. What Happened?
In the gold-rush era, ceremonial greetings swiftly gave way to bigotry and violence.
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Michael Luo
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The New Yorker
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August 20, 2021
The Forgotten History of the Campaign to Purge Chinese from America
The surge in violence against Asian-Americans is a reminder that America’s present reality reflects its exclusionary past.
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Michael Luo
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The New Yorker
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April 22, 2021
The Wasting of the Evangelical Mind
The peculiarities of how American Christianity took shape help explain believers’ vulnerability to conspiratorial thinking and misinformation.
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Michael Luo
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The New Yorker
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March 4, 2021
How Can the Press Best Serve a Democratic Society?
In the 1940s, scholars struggled over truth in reporting, the marketplace of ideas, and the free press. Their deliberations are more relevant than ever.
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Michael Luo
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The New Yorker
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July 11, 2020
Republicans Defending Trump on Impeachment Should Fear the Judgment of History
For Nixon stalwarts on the House Judiciary Committee, defending the President became an inalterable epitaph.
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Michael Luo
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The New Yorker
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December 2, 2019