The Republican Party is gripped by a hatred of immigrants. But geographer Reece Jones argues it has not always been so. Instead, one man, the late John Tanton, was responsible for making nativism appear a central concern of conservatives, by propagating scores of anti-immigrant organizations, some which eventually helped staff the Trump Administration. And, as … Continued
America has long been the country of endless promise, of open vistas, and a sense of providence about its place in the wider world. That optimism has always cloaked the brutality of imperial expansion and limitless growth. And now that centrist ideal of boundless expansion, according to historian Greg Grandin, may be coming to an … Continued
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The escalating threat of white nationalist movement is upon us. Be it a singular racist remark about immigrants on social media, a pro-Trump rally in Berkeley Ca spearheaded by Nazi sympathizers, or the implementation of exclusionary policies that grossly impact America’s poorest and most disenfranchised communities.The current political ideology of nativism (lead by Donald Trump, … Continued
