Today’s debates over immigration and assimilation have their roots in patterns of settlement that go back centuries.

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A hemispheric focus makes little sense for a global economic and military giant.

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The beginnings of immigration restriction, 1882-1917 -- The 1920s : the triumph of the old nativism -- No new deal for immigration -- World War II and after : the barriers begin to drop -- Admitting ...

Black Americans and white nationalists have joined forces in the past. And a number of cultural and political shifts have ...

The Trump administration is invoking a decades-old trade law with roots in the second Continental Congress amid its ...

A trove of century-old belongings − from farm tools to pillowcases − tells the story of Filipinos who migrated to California ...

Trump told Americans that he had “stopped” inflation after inheriting “the worst” in U.S. history. But government data tells ...

More than 200 new laws are going into effect in Illinois on January 1, and many will have significant impacts on the state’s ...

Belgrade Gardens, White House Chicken, and Hopocan Gardens have been serving this specialty for generations (Belgrade Gardens ...

It’s human nature to reflect fondly over what once was. But sometimes, as with workplace safety, the golden era is still to ...