How Liberals Lost Comedy − and Helped Trump Win

How Liberals Lost Comedy − and Helped Trump Win

By Nick Marx, THECONVERSATION | Editorial credit: Artist Nadia Russ / shutterstock.com Throughout the 2024 election cycle, reproductive rights were an electoral vulnerability for Donald Trump. Though popular with the Republican base, his appointment of antiabortion judges gave serious pause to many key voting blocs, including undecided young men. In pursuit of these voters, Trump’s strategy […]

City Officials Race to Get National Guard Out of Migrant Shelters

City Officials Race to Get National Guard Out of Migrant Shelters

By Gwynne Hogan, THE CITY | Editorial Credit: Aspects and Angles / shutterstock.com  Mayor Eric Adams says he hopes to meet with president-elect Donald Trump’s “border czar.” But meanwhile his team is getting government troops away from immigrants vulnerable to deportation. New York City officials are racing to scale back the use of National Guard […]

Unintended Consequences Abstaining at the Most Existential Moment

Unintended Consequences Abstaining at the Most Existential Moment

By Ron Cheong | Photo by A.I.  Donald Trump did not win the Election, well intentioned Democrats precipitated their Party’s loss by lower turnout as shown in the table of latest available numbers below:  Pro-Palestinian Protest Vote Trump held onto his base with inroads into Latinos and other minorities (mainly Black males) and roughly kept […]

As Trump Touts Plans for Immigrant Roundup, Militias are Standing Back, But Standing By

As Trump Touts Plans for Immigrant Roundup, Militias are Standing Back, But Standing By

By Amy Cooter, the conversation.com President-elect Donald Trump has reaffirmed that once he takes office he plans to declare a national emergency and use the military on American streets to accomplish his promises to round up and deport millions of undocumented migrants. Many experts’ concerns about this program have included the facts that immigrants contribute enormous value to […]

Biden Should Use his Authority to Protect Vulnerable Immigrants Before he Leaves Office

Biden Should Use his Authority to Protect Vulnerable Immigrants Before he Leaves Office

By Adriel Orozco, IMMIGRATION IMPACT | Paul Froggatt / Shutterstock.com he American Immigration Council does not endorse or oppose candidates for elected office. We aim to provide analysis regarding the implications of the election on the U.S. immigration system. President-elect Donald Trump vowed to deport millions of immigrants in his successful bid for a second […]

The Latino Vote for Trump

The Latino Vote for Trump

By Esther Claudette Gittens | Editorial Credit: YES Market Media / shutterstock.com  The support of Latino voters for Donald Trump in the 2020 and 2024 elections has drawn significant attention, challenging traditional assumptions about the Latino electorate’s political behavior. This analysis examines the breakdown of Latinos who voted for Trump, focusing on key factors such […]

Likely Impact of Trump 2.0 on Latin America and the Caribbean Migrants, Tariffs, China & Oil

Likely Impact of Trump 2.0 on Latin America and the Caribbean Migrants, Tariffs, China & Oil

By Ron Cheong |Photo by A.I. The election of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States, with Republican control of the Senate and probably the House, is likely to bring sweeping, heavy-handed changes, staffing his Administration with like-minded people and purging professional staffing at government agencies, including the military, justice department, law […]

How Trump’s Racist Talk of Immigrant ‘Bad Genes’ Echoes some of the Last Century’s Darkest Ideas about Eugenics

How Trump’s Racist Talk of Immigrant ‘Bad Genes’ Echoes some of the Last Century’s Darkest Ideas about Eugenics

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has repeatedly denounced immigrants who enter the U.S. illegally and the danger he says that poor immigrants of color pose for the U.S. – often using hateful language to make his point. In early October 2024, Trump took his comments a step further when he questioned immigrants’ faulty genes, saying without support […]

NYC Migrants Dread Election Day as Trump Doubles Down on Mass Deportation

NYC Migrants Dread Election Day as Trump Doubles Down on Mass Deportation

By Gwynne Hogan, THE CITY | Editorial Credit: Leonard Zhukovsky / Shutterstock.com  Residents at one of the city’s largest migrant shelters spoke to living with a “state of uncertainty” as Trump rails against immigrants. As former president Donald Trump rails against a supposed “migrant invasion” and vows the “largest deportation effort in American history” if […]