During the 1880s, Asian immigrants, mostly Chinese, were imported to the United States. By 1908, 135,000 Japanese had arrived. With the Oriental Exclusion Proclamation (1907) the U.S. government limited Japanese immigration. By 1924 further immigration was banned and those who had entered the country earlier were barred from becoming U.S. citizens. This ban was not [...]

“It hasn’t been the greatest of months for Sarah Palin when it comes to her political star power. The two candidates Palin backed in Tuesday’s primaries lost their bids, making the former Alaska governor 0-for-5 when it comes to endorsements this month.” — CNN POLITICAL TICKER Sarah Palin draws crowds wherever she goes, but we [...]

When it came time to invade, Republicans used cherry-picked intelligence for war in Iraq. Now they’re using cherry-picked intelligence to wage war on the middle class. Republican politicians have argued that extending unemployment benefits will slow job growth, because Americans would rather take a handout. The Huffington Post’s Roy Sekoff explains how the White House [...]

Rupert Murdoch Lied to Media Matters: Rupert Murdoch told Media Matters that Fox News shouldn’t be promoting “the tea party or any other party.” Yet news leaked that News Corporation, the parent company of Fox News donated $1 million to the Republican Governors Association. Democrats have charged that the million-dollar donation, by Rupert Murdoch’s Fox [...]

Salon.com: It all started with a viciously racist anti-Muslim blogger — Pam Geller, the New York Post and the right-wing media machine. Bigoted, Hyena GOP politicians quickly picked up the bloody scent — seeing political gain, and the terrorizing of Muslim Americans began in earnest, …giving immigrants a short breather ….momentarily. Here is how it [...]