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MO Senator Roy Blunt plays the odds on Muslim ban

January 31, 2017 Willy Kessler Immigration, Missouri region, Trump Leave a comment

So we’re two days into the fallout from The Donald’s Muslim ban (and, dear folks, all his denials aside, it is a Muslim ban).

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Stephen Miller: New Bannon/Trump apologist is scarier than Conway

January 31, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Government, Immigration, Media, Trump One comment

President Bannon/Trump has trotted out a new spokesperson—Stephen Miller—and he’s even scarier than KellyAnne Conway. I saw him interviewed the other evening, and his

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Anti-Muslim myths and misinformation in post-Paris America

December 16, 2015 Renee Shur Language/Words, Media, Terrorism Leave a comment

A short primer on countering some of the anti-Muslim myths and misinformation politicians and the media are feeding us following the terrorist attacks in

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What Donald Trump doesn’t know about the Mexican farm workers who make his 5-star dinner possible

July 21, 2015 Renee Shur Employment, Food, Immigration, Republicans Leave a comment

Donald Trump’s sneers about Latino rapists, criminals, and druggies coming-to-harm-your-property-and-your-kids have real-life consequences. His all-too-familiar ethnic scapegoating intentionally obscures the truth about a community

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President Obama could use a little help from his friends

December 10, 2014 Arthur Lieber Congress, Democracy, Good government, Obama Leave a comment

If you are a progressive, you might say that in recent months (perhaps recent years), President Obama has been in a slump. The magic

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Birther goes after 102-year-old voter honored at State of the Union speech

February 13, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Charity & Justice, Civil Rights, Immigration, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

The birthers just won’t go away, and now they’re transferred their wrath to Desiline Victor, the 102-year-old Miami voter–born in Haiti–whose  perseverance in the

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