Modern presidents, including Trump and Obama, have issued far fewer executive orders than their predecessors before World War II.
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Executive orders aren’t as unilateral as they seem. Here’s how government keeps them in check.
A Yemeni national, denied entry into the U.S. because of the travel ban, shows their cancelled visa to reporters as they successfully arrive at Washington Dulles International Airport.
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Vahid Niayesh, California State University, Long Beach
Was the ban a Muslim ban – or was that just an anti-Trump narrative? A political scientist combs through the data for answers.
In this October 2015 photo, German federal police officers guide a group of migrants on their way after crossing the border between Austria and Germany. Once granted citizenship, newcomers face near-impossible hurdles to reunite their families.
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It’s important to unearth how discriminatory immigration policy, largely invisible to the general public, undermines citizens’ rights and position.
Ilhan Omar, a Somali American, who was elected from Minnesota’s 5th congressional district, will be the first woman in U.S. Congress to wear a hijab.
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The de Young Museum of San Francisco recently opened an exhibit devoted to the Islamic fashion scene. Here’s how Muslim women’s fashions challenge popular stereotypes.
A welcome class for immigrants in Berlin, Germany.
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Scholars who study trust and cooperation designed a game to find out what it would take to get citizens to support refugees coming to their country.
People protest the U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding President Donald Trump’s travel ban outside the Supreme Court in Washington, June 26, 2018.
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Terrorists are wealthy. They’re poor. They’re Christian. They’re atheists. They come from all over. That’s why US counterterrorism efforts must be more nuanced than just barring Muslims.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to local residents at a public barbecue ahead of the G7 Summit in La Malbaie, Quebec.
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Justin Trudeau’s pattern of bizarre behaviour is coming into focus, previously obscured by his progressive politics and human rights activism at home and abroad.
U.S. President Donald Trump holds up an executive order to tighten the rules for technology companies seeking to bring highly skilled foreign workers to the United States in April 2017.
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U.S. President Donald Trump’s move to crack down on temporary skilled workers is a terrible mistake that disproportionately harms women and people of colour.
At the funeral of Nabra Hassanen, a Muslim girl who was beaten to death.
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Brian Levin, California State University, San Bernardino
FBI data show that in 2015 anti-Muslim hate crimes spiked to the highest level since 2001. A scholar finds political rhetoric correlates to both sharp increases and decreases in hate crime.
People walk out after the U.S. Supreme Court granted parts of the Trump administration’s emergency request on the travel ban.
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Trump avoided many of the missteps his critics feared, but he failed to acknowledge the presence of America’s large Muslim population and its contribution to American society.
The U.S. saw an increase in anti-Semitic and anti-immigrant sentiments in the period between World War I and World War II. Here’s why it matters to know that history today.
People protest at a demonstration in Market Square, in Cleveland. The demonstration was organized in protest of President Donald Trump’s immigration order.
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A lot of moral outrage has been expressed lately – over Trump’s travel ban and other issues. The expression of such outrage is more than a response to perceived injustice.
Federico Barocci’s 1598 painting ‘Aeneas’ Flight from Troy.‘
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Paul Ralph, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Following reports of travellers to the US being forced to unlock their phones for border officials, here are some steps you can take to prevent your personal data from being exposed.
Dean and Professor of Higher and International Education, Executive Director of SUNY's Strategic, Academic, and Innovative Leadership (SAIL) Institute, and Co-Director of the Cross-Border Education Research Team, University at Albany, State University of New York
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Director of the Acute Care Research Unit, Affiliated Adjunct and Natural Scientist, RAND Corporation, University of Michigan