immigration

How Chinese Migrants Built the Transcontinental Railroad
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How Chinese Migrants Built the Transcontinental Railroad
Dominique Stewart
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The Transcontinental Railroad is hailed as one of the country’s greatest engineering feats, but the immigrants who built it have long been ignored. 

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History
2058 1436 Dominique Stewart
The Deadly Consequences of Criminalizing Migrants
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The Deadly Consequences of Criminalizing Migrants
Dominique Stewart
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The Ciudad Juárez fire tragedy is not an outlier but a direct result of deprioritizing human life in U.S. immigration policies.

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Immigration Politics
2400 1600 Dominique Stewart
What the Myth of Enslaved Irish People Tells Us About Whiteness and Resistance
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What the Myth of Enslaved Irish People Tells Us About Whiteness and Resistance
Andrew Lee
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Though Irish people suffered from colonization, the “Irish were slaves first” story is used to attack the struggle for racial justice.

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History Media & Culture
2400 1350 Andrew Lee
Hunger Strike Continues at ICE Detention Centers
A protester in front of a detention center holds a pink sign that reads, "Retaliation from ICE for hunger strike."

Hunger Strike Continues at ICE Detention Centers
Andrew Lee
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Immigrants in two for-profit detention centers in California are on a hunger strike against the “abhorrent” conditions in the facilities.

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Legal System
1500 1294 Andrew Lee
Who is “White”? How the Supreme Court Helped Constructed Our Definition of Race
Two sepia-tone photographs of Bhagat Singh Thind. One the left, a battalion of soldiers stand together. On the right, Thind poses with a rifle in hand.

Who is “White”? How the Supreme Court Helped Constructed Our Definition of Race
Dominique Stewart
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The U.S. legal system played a vital role in constructing the country’s understanding of race and whiteness, as was the case of Bhagat Singh Thind.

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Legal System
2228 1266 Dominique Stewart
How Anti-Filipino Hate Led to the Watsonville Riots
Two sepia-tone photographs of Filipino farm workers tending a field. On the left, workers put crop inside crates. One the right, a farm worker stands in a field of cauliflower.

How Anti-Filipino Hate Led to the Watsonville Riots
Nicole Cardoza
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The Watsonville Riots was a violent attack on Filipino farmworkers by a mob of white residents in the city of Watsonville, California, between January 19 and January 30, 1930.

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History
2244 1172 Nicole Cardoza
How Population Collapse Revived a Pro-Birth Movement
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How Population Collapse Revived a Pro-Birth Movement
Dominique Stewart
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Concerns of an imminent population collapse stoke fear that humanity is about to face its biggest threat due to declining birth rates globally.

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Health Immigration Politics
2400 1600 Dominique Stewart
‘Remain in Mexico’ and the Cruelty Behind Anti-Immigration Policies
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‘Remain in Mexico’ and the Cruelty Behind Anti-Immigration Policies
Dominique Stewart
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Policies like Title 42 and Remain in Mexico fail to address or deter migration but ensure the journey to the U.S. is more dangerous.

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Politics
2400 1601 Dominique Stewart
The ‘Great Replacement’ Theory: From Conspiracy to Mainstream Violence
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The ‘Great Replacement’ Theory: From Conspiracy to Mainstream Violence
Dominique Stewart
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The far-right conspiracy, or the “great replacement” theory, has gained popularity globally, fueling racial violence and attacks like the Buffalo mass shooting.

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Media & Culture
1920 1280 Dominique Stewart
The Mothers of Disappeared Migrants Search for Justice
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The Mothers of Disappeared Migrants Search for Justice
Andrew Lee
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Thousands of migrants have disappeared due to cruel U.S. immigration policies, causing their relatives to search for answers and their remains.

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Immigration Social Justice
1234 1190 Andrew Lee
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