Happy to announce the publication of my latest article on Dutch Indonesian grocery stores in Southern California for the Journal of Transnational American Studies. Read more about it here: escholarship.org/uc/item/9m13...
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Jonathan van Harmelen
@jonrvh88.bsky.social
Historian, journalist, occasional procrastinator, cinephile. Sometimes I drum. My website: https://jvanharmelen.com
Happy to share my latest for @newrepublic.com on the important lawsuit between the Tohono O'odham Nation and the Trump Administration over building a new border wall that runs through the Nation's Land.
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2mo agoFor years the Tohono O’odham Nation worked collaboratively with the federal government on border security. Now they’re facing an administration that wants to rip through their ancestral home. trib.al/ruHjWTl
Blanche was confirmed as AG. Just a reminder: The last time a president appointed an attorney he had personal ties to, was when Nixon appointed his law partner and campaign manager John Mitchell. Mitchell ended up disbarred and spent 2 yrs in prison for his role as AG protecting Nixon.
Happy to share my latest article for @seattletimes.com on why past attempts to overturn birthright citizenship have failed. I discuss Regan v. King, the failed 1942 test case to overturn birthright citizenship by removing Japanese Americans from SF voter rolls. www.seattletimes.com/opinion/birt...
Anti-Asian sentiment played a part in past citizenship challenges | Op-Ed
Over the decades since the 14th Amendment’s ratification in 1868, countless challenges to birthright citizenship have been brought and rejected.
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In 2001, Walter Cronkite appeared on the David Letterman show and shared his thoughts.
BREAKING: BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) - Homeland Security secretary said man killed by ICE in Maine was not the target of warrant, Maine Sen. Angus King says.
And so marks the end of all the good, memeable teams in the World Cup. And sadly on Bastille Day no less.
Abolish ICE isn’t even a negotiable point. It’s a must for any Democratic candidate and anybody else wanting to ensure American democracy survives.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 3mo agoBreaking News: Federal immigration agents who killed a man during a traffic stop in Houston on Tuesday had been searching for a different person, according to a Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman. nyti.ms/4pfTwgK
NEWS --> Three men who were in the van with the victim of the ICE shooting in Texas are potential witnesses, but they're now under pressure to self-deport, a rep for the families tells me. They remain in detention even as ICE's story falters. Details in this piece: newrepublic.com/article/2129...
Texas ICE Killing Darkens: Rep Says Witnesses Pressured to Self-Deport
There were three others in the van with the man shot by ICE in Houston this week. A represenative for the families tells TNR that the government is pressuring these potential witnesses to self-deport.
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Misinformation isn't random - it's strategic. 🧵 In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians. We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties. with @julianachueri.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/1940...
Of the many batshit things in Alito's dissent in Trump v. Barbara, this stood out: "Instead, the Fourteenth Amendment confers citizenship on only those children who, at birth, owe allegiance solely to this country." Had Alito been on the bench in 1944, he would have joined the majority in Korematsu.
On Birthright Citizenship: “The Reconstruction Amendments were an anticaste, antisubordination reset for the Nation, not a mere spot treatment for the dark stain of slavery.” -Justice Ketanji Brown 💅💕
It is a bitter irony that before the court ruled to uphold Wong Kim Ark v. U.S., the Trump Administration announced the closing of NARA San Bruno, which holds the records of the case. Doing so would limit access to those records. This needs to be blocked. federalnewsnetwork.com/facilities-c...
National Archives to transition out of three federal records centers | Federal News Network
The decision is expected to cut costs and reduce the agency’s real estate portfolio, but it’s not yet clear how the moves will impact NARA employees.
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Birthright citizenship is upheld in Trump v. Barbara. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p....
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Humphrey's Executor is dead and the president can fire anyone in the executive branch at will but NOT Federal Reserve governors is really a parody of the difference between the money power and everything else in America
Read my interview from yesterday with Darializa Avila Chevalier, the next congressperson from the 13th district of New York 😎 www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Darializa Avila Chevalier Wants “Babies, Not Bombs”
As a critical primary approaches, we talk to the organizer and congressional candidate about Palestine, New York City, and her experience of an unexpectedly vicious campaign.
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Hiltzik: Puncturing the myth of Alan Greenspan, whose policies gave us the Great Recession
Commentary: Puncturing the myth of Alan Greenspan, whose policies gave us the Great Recession
Alan Greenspan was revered in the 1980s and 1990s for supporting the stock market, but retrospective views cloud his legacy.
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This. The current Supreme Court is in the running to become one of the most xenophobic in U.S. history, and Roberts’s legacy will be seen as defaulting to Trumpism.
Wajahat Ali@wajali.bsky.social · 4mo agoAnyone not running on reforming the Supreme Court cant be the leader of anything moving forward. It's an unhinged gang of extremists unrestrained by anything or anyone.
Dems have to run on this hard. Do not let the RFK types try to spin what his own party just signed off on here. Actual Monsanto, the comic book villain of Adbusters days, was shielded from liability over poisoning Americans. I don't care if it's slopulism: this Supreme Court wants you dead.
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 4mo agoReuters: U.S. SUPREME COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF BAYER'S BID TO LIMIT LAWSUITS IN STATE COURT CLAIMING ITS ROUNDUP WEEDKILLER CAUSES CANCER
Along with my usual political writings, I contribute articles to @discovernikkei.bsky.social. Wonder how anime first made its way to the US? My article tells the story of three Japanese American businessmen who brought Toei's first full length anime film, The White Snake Enchantress, to the US.
Discover Nikkei@discovernikkei.bsky.social · 4mo agoHighlighting the pivotal role of Nisei in distributing the 1961 Japanese animated film "Panda and the Magic Serpent" to American audiences. He explores the history of early Japanese animation in the U.S. and its cultural impact through the lens of Japanese American heritage.
Happy to share my latest with the good folks at @newrepublic.com, where I unpack the results of the recent California primary and offer some thoughts on Golden State politics. Check it out!
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 4mo agoFrom environmental disasters and unaffordability to AI anxiety, there are warning signs to those who’ve clung to the established order that they must start delivering solutions. At some point, something’s got to give—or else MAGA might convince voters to give them the reins. trib.al/7bJE0S2
From environmental disasters and unaffordability to AI anxiety, there are warning signs to those who’ve clung to the established order that they must start delivering solutions. At some point, something’s got to give—or else MAGA might convince voters to give them the reins. trib.al/7bJE0S2
Always love a good typo once in a while to remind students (and myself) that even seasoned writers make mistakes
Jane Burns@janeburns.bsky.social · 5mo agoI’d be red-faced if I didn’t catch that.
Wrote a piece for @slate.com on how our theories of partisan polarization gave the SCOTUS majority more intellectual cover to kill the VRA slate.com/news-and-pol...
If you haven't already, check out Ann Hermes's photography project on documenting local newsrooms. There's a great article covering her work in the AP today, but here is the link to the photographs themselves. www.annhermesphoto.com/newsrooms
Local Newsrooms — Ann Hermes Photo & Video
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