The 1929 immigration measure has become a focal point due to Trump’s crackdown on undocumented people, including families.
Democratic U.S. 2020 election presidential candidates during the second night of the first Democratic presidential candidates’ debate.
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The problems facing America are unrestrained capitalism and corruption, said the Democratic presidential candidates over two nights of debates. Or was that really Teddy Roosevelt speaking?
US Air Force fighters during the 1991 Gulf War.
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If the US military were a country, its carbon emissions would rank between that of Peru and Portugal.
Democratic presidential candidate and former Texas Congressman Beto O'Rourke at his presidential campaign kickoff rally in Houston, March 30, 2019.
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Charisma may be a necessary trait for getting elected – but it also discourages voters from independent moral deliberation about a potential leader’s qualifications to govern.
A racial wealth gap is persisting after centuries enslavement and systemic discrimination.
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Reparations has emerged as a hot topic among Democratic candidates hoping to replace Trump in 2020. But until now, the issue has only rarely received national attention.
More Americans agree with plans to raise taxes on the wealthy.
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Does the Electoral College encourage candidates to campaign in rural areas, as its supporters claim? And do electors actually filter the ‘passions’ of voters, as the founders wanted them to?
Sen. Warren is proposing universal child care as a way to rein in the soaring costs of raising a family. A sociologist explains what’s driving the trend.
Slavery was a sticking point at the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
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The Apportionment Clause forbids a direct tax on wealth. Expanding the 16th Amendment would not only allow such a tax but abolish slavery’s last remnant in the US Constitution as well.
Wounded Knee Memorial at Wounded Knee, South Dakota.
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Wounded Knee is among the worst massacres in Native American history, when in 1890 the US military shot and killed 146 unarmed men, women and children in South Dakota.
Why is Elizabeth Warren’s DNA test so controversial with Native American groups? Two Indigenous geneticists explain the history and science behind the debate.
Had US Senator Elizabeth Warren (left) been the Democratic candidate, she might be president by now.
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Rachel Dolezal isn’t the only one who experiences a transition in racial categories, but what are the implications of inconsistent racial identifications on mental health?
Anti-trade sentiment has been on the rise.
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Leading progressives including Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have been very vocal in opposing the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Here’s why they should get on board.
What will Trump’s higher ed plan mean for students?
Gage Skidmore
Professor in U.S. Politics and U.S. Foreign Relations at the United States Studies Centre and in the Discipline of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney