One of the Supreme Court’s Most Infamous Cases Is As Relevant as Ever
Eighty years ago, Korematsu v. United States upheld the incarceration of Japanese Americans. The racism and hysteria that fueled that decision are...
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Donald Trump Is Building a Bridge to 1896
The president-elect promises to rule with robber baron tactics and imperial belligerence—just like his role model, William McKinley.
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams Announces The Roosevelt Hotel’s "Asylum Arrival Center" is Closing Down
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday that The Roosevelt Hotel’s Asylum Arrival Center and Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief...
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A Supreme History
REVIEW: ‘The Most Powerful Court in the World: A History of the Supreme Court of the United States’ by Stuart Banner
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For 144 years, Black Americans were banned from joining the Marines. But when the US needed support, 20,000 Black recruits stepped up to serve.
In 1941, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt reluctantly banned racial discrimination in the United States Marine Corps. Montford Point became the...
Read MoreFrom the Archives: Death Ends Career of Sen. Hiram Johnson
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 — Sen. Hiram Warren Johnson died today, fighting to the end the battle against tie-ups with foreign nations which he began a...
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Trump’s Disgrace
While F.D.R. set a modern standard for the revitalization of a society, Trump seems determined to prove how quickly he can spark its undoing.
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Trump’s Panama Canal threat stirs up memories of US imperialist past
The aggressive rhetoric of US President Donald Trump has shocked Panamanians, who see the waterway as a source of enormous national pride.
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