Newspaper headlines have called Donald Trump’s victory “decisive,” “massive,” “resounding,” “historic,” and “sweeping.” None of those things are true. Recent public opinion polls reveal that Trump’s professed policy agenda is very unpopular.
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Marcantonio, like other notable Harlem figures such as writers Langston Hughes and Claude McKay, practiced what I call “living in difference,” or deeply engaging with those who are unlike you for a shared project.
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The Great Purge and Resistance 2.0
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In the wake of Trump’s first election to the presidency, David Bacon’s perspectives on the economic context of immigration policy and how Trump can—and can’t—shape it are still relevant after his re-election victory.
Politicians are attempting to redefine who counts as an “American,” with my Black immigrant family and people like us on the outside.
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