All wars have unintended consequences, including culture wars. … In an article to be published in the June issue of Perspectives on Politics, “Trump and the Xenophobic Populist Parties: The Silent Revolution in Reverse,” Ronald Inglehart and Pippa Norris put their case in blunt terms: “Postmaterialism,” they write, “eventually became […] Read more »
Americans and the Unassimilables
… Politicians and Fourth-of-July orators love to invoke Emma Lazarus’s lines on the Statue of Liberty, “Give me your poor, your tired / Your huddled masses, the wretched refuse …. “and to say, as President Trump did a few days ago, that “America is a proud nation of immigrants.” Alas, the […] Read more »
What It Takes to Truly Be ‘One of Us’
The tide of people moving across the world, be they immigrants or refugees, has sparked concern in Australia, Europe and the United States. In particular, the ethnic, linguistic and cultural background of migrants has triggered intense debates over the benefits and the costs of growing diversity and the risk of […] Read more »
Rising above public opinion
Let’s face it: Americans have rarely been anxious to open their “golden door” to the world’s “tired … poor … huddled masses yearning to breathe free; the wretched refuse of your teeming shore.” But America has always been great when it has been good to immigrants and refugees. CONT. Mark […] Read more »
Reuters/Ipsos online poll: Trump’s travel ban polarizes America
Americans are sharply divided over President Donald Trump’s order to temporarily block U.S. entry for all refugees and citizens of seven Muslim countries, with slightly more approving the measure than disapproving, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Tuesday. CONT. Chris Kahn, Reuters Read more »
Will Trump’s Refugee Ban Have Public Support?
Donald Trump signed a wide-ranging executive order on Friday that resets the United States’ immigration and refugee programs. … The scope of Trump’s executive order is such that we’re largely in uncharted waters. Past polls are only so useful, as most of them did not ask about actions as broad […] Read more »