It is not news anymore that the United States is deeply polarized along partisan lines. In recent decades, ours has become a body politic consumed by fear and loathing, willing to attribute nefarious ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Luz Rivas remembers seeing the word on her mother’s residency card as a child: “alien.” Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive ...

As a college professor who has taught about race, ethnicity, immigration and media for the past six years, and as a multiracial Black and Latina parent, I know the mass media is a powerful force ...

Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, drones have promised a way to reconcile military effectiveness with unintended consequences. These unmanned aircraft help keep soldiers safer and ...

President Trump has warned that immigrants will “pour in and infest our country.” He said that they are coming from “sh*thole countries.” And he has said of immigrants “these aren’t people. They are ...

Listen to President Donald Trump long enough, and you’re likely to hear his xenophobic views about immigrants. In his speeches, Trump regularly states or implies that undocumented migrants and ...

Editor: When a president threatens the destruction of a people’s “civilization,” the issue is not tone, messaging, or theatrical excess. It is a public moral danger. Psychology has long shown that ...