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How The White Establishment Waged A 'War' On Chinese Restaurants In The U.S.

Chinese restaurants are now an American staple, but in the past some Americans tried to shut them down.
by Kat Chow via NPR on June 16, 2017

The Artifacts of White Supremacy

Why fiery crosses, white robes, and the American flag were seized upon by the 1920s Klan in its campaign for white nationalism.
by Kelly J. Baker via Religion and Culture Forum on June 14, 2017

What Will Future Historians Say About President Trump's First 100 Days? Here Are 11 Guesses

Experts weigh in on how historians of the future may assess President Trump's achievements after his first 100 days in office.
by Ibram X. Kendi, David McCullough, Timothy Naftali, George H. Nash, Anne E. Parsons, Heather Ann Thompson, Julie M. Weise, Alice S. Yang, Kyle G. Volk, Pablo A. Piccato, Roger Pilon via TIME on April 27, 2017

When Pat Buchanan Tried To Make America Great Again

If you're wondering how Trump happened, all you have to do is let Pat Buchanan beguile you with a history no one else can tell.
by Sam Tanenhaus via Esquire on April 5, 2017
Know-Nothing flag
Exhibit

The Many Faces of Nativism

As this exhibit shows, anti-immigrant sentiment has been a throughline of American history.

Is Trump the New Teddy Roosevelt?

Trump's insistence on national solidarity, rejection of globalism, and demand for total patriotism channel Teddy Roosevelt.
by Stephen Beale via The American Conservative on March 20, 2017

Donald Trump Sees Himself in Andrew Jackson. They Deserve Each Other.

The president deserves the Jackson legacy, but not for the reasons he'd like.
by Jamelle Bouie via Slate on March 15, 2017

The History of Outlawing Abortion in America

Abortion was first criminalized in the mid 1900s amidst concerns that too many white women were ending their pregnancies.
by Nicola Beisel, Tamara Kay, Livia Gershon via JSTOR Daily on March 10, 2017

Closing Our Doors

In 1939, a refugee ban kept 20,000 Jewish children out of the U.S.
by Ellen Umansky via Slate on March 8, 2017
Border patrol guarding a group of men sitting on the ground.

The Long History of Deportation Scare Tactics at the U.S.-Mexico Border

The precedents for Trump’s hyped-up immigration crackdown.
by Kelly Lytle Hernández, Cora Currier via The Intercept on February 26, 2017

When Immigrants Are No Longer Considered Americans

The history of immigrants in the U.S. teaches that no amount of assimilation will protect you when an alien requires conjuring.
by Hua Hsu via The New Yorker on February 15, 2017

“This is Not Who We Are,” Critics Say About the Refugee Ban. But What if it is?

Fighting over immigration is central to the American story.
by Nicole Hemmer via Vox on February 9, 2017

Trump Revives a Shameful Tradition: Targeting a Minority Group with Crime Reports

The president's executive orders and inflammatory rhetoric follow a predictable path.
by Andrea Pitzer via Longreads on February 8, 2017

Literacy Tests and Asian Exclusion Were the Hallmarks of the 1917 Immigration Act

One hundred years ago, the U.S. Congress decided that there needed to be severe limits on who was coming into the country.
by Lorraine Boissoneault via Smithsonian on February 6, 2017

What History Can Tell Us About the Fallout From Restricting Immigration

U.S. immigration policies are inextricably linked to American foreign relations.
by David C. Atkinson via TIME on February 3, 2017

History and Its Limits Under Trump

A warning about the ways we compare Donald Trump to atrocities in history.
by Cameron Blevins via Cameron Blevins on February 2, 2017

A Brief History of Sanctuary Cities

Today's debate over sanctuary cities embodies a much longer debate in America over federalism.
by H. Robert Baker via Tropics of Meta on February 2, 2017
Immigrants from Europe pose for a photograph upon their arrival at Ellis Island (1913).

First, They Excluded the Irish

Trump may block entry to foreigners who need public benefits—a proposal rooted in 19th-century laws targeting poor immigrants.
by Hidetaka Hirota, Emma Green via The Atlantic on February 2, 2017

A Twitter Tribute to Holocaust Victims

A conversation with the creator of a new social-media project that commemorates refugees the United States turned away in 1939.
by Russel Neiss, Candice Norwood via The Atlantic on January 27, 2017

How American's Rejection of Jews Fleeing Nazi Germany Haunts Our Refugee Policy Today

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, it's important to remember why America welcomes refugees.
by Dara Lind via Vox on January 27, 2017

#ImmigrationSyllabus

A semester-length guide for educators and citizens seeking to understand the history and meaning of immigration in the U.S.
by Erika Lee, María Cristina García, Adam Goodman, Madeline Hsu, Julian Lim, Maddalena Marinari, Evan Taparata via University of Minnesota on January 26, 2017
KKK march in Washington in 1925.

When Bigotry Paraded Through the Streets

A century ago, millions of Americans banded together to reform the KKK, the rest turned a blind eye.
by Joshua D. Rothman via The Atlantic on December 4, 2016

What the Mass Deportation of Immigrants Might Look Like

Operation Wetback didn't merely enforce immigration law-it enforced the idea that American citizens are white.
by Shannon Keating via Slate on November 16, 2016

“The Passing of the Great Race” at 100

In the age of Trump, Madison Grant's influential work of scientific racism takes on a new salience.
by Noel Hartman via Public Books on July 1, 2016

Trump Syllabus 2.0

An introduction to the currents of American culture that led to "Trumpism.'
by Keisha N. Blain, N. D. B. Connolly via Public Books on June 28, 2016

America’s Lost History of Border Violence

Texas Rangers and vigilantes killed thousands of Mexican-Americans in a campaign of terror. Will Texas acknowledge the bloodshed?
by Rebecca Onion via Slate on May 5, 2016

Harvard’s Eugenics Era

When academics embraced scientific racism, immigration restrictions, and the suppression of “the unfit”.
by Adam S. Cohen via Harvard Magazine on March 1, 2016
Men dumping a barrel of alcohol down the sewer during Prohibition.
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Dried Up

How nativism and racism shaped the national movement towards Prohibition.
via BackStory on January 1, 2016

Donald Trump Isn’t a Fascist; He’s a Media-Savvy Know-Nothing

Donald Trump combines the instincts of a reality-TV star with the politics of a hundred-and-seventy-year-old nativist movement.
by John Cassidy via The New Yorker on December 28, 2015
Students and teacher talking about homework at Islamic School in Seattle.
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Islam and the U.S.

What does it mean to be Muslim in America? And how has the practice of Islam in the U.S. changed over time?
via BackStory on December 18, 2015

Close the Gate? Refugees, Radicals, and the Red Scare of 1919

If radicalism meant insecurity, and immigration meant radicalism, the government's course was clear.
by Andrew Lipsett via We're History on November 30, 2015
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