Are Our Environmental Policies Making Us Broke, Hungry, and Infertile?
Forestry wages fall, hunger is increases, and infertility may be growing because pesticide residue clings to food. Time to overhaul environmental policy?
Inventing the “Illegal Alien”
What's an illegal alien? The idea that the most important question about immigrants is their legal status is a relatively new one.
The Case for Open Borders
Is a world without borders an idea so crazy it just might work? Scholars weigh in on how open borders might solve the world's immigration problem.
Is There a Place in Public History for Sacco and Vanzetti?
How Boston has marked the controversial trial and alleged crimes of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian immigrants executed for murder.
Charlottesville Syllabus: Readings on the History of Hate in America
The history of racism and ethnic hate in America is long and deep. What are the cultural, economic, and political currents that led us here?
How Arizona Banned Mexican-American Studies
An Arizona court is hearing a case that could roll back a 2010 ban on teaching Mexican-American studies in the state.
How Noah Webster Invented the Word Immigration
Noah Webster, author of An American Dictionary of the English Language published in 1828, invented the word "immigration."
Should Citizenship Be For Sale?
Should you be able to buy your way to citizenship? Economic research reveals some merits behind the idea, but others see classism and discrimination.
The Problem With Privatizing Prisons
If private prisons make their profit from criminal society, its goes against business sense to reduce criminality.
When did May Day Turn Into an Immigrants’ Rights Day?
May Day has traditionally focused on labor and working class issues. Immigration and immigrant labor adds a new dimension to the holiday.