Guess what these developments have in common? • Immigration is quickly becoming the number-one issue of the 2006 Congressional campaign. • CAFTA, an innocuous trade agreement with five Central ...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Why is America so divided—and what lies beneath the anger? A new book released today, Nativist Nation: Populism, Grievance, Identity, and the Transformation of ...

Historically, economic hardship and high unemployment tend to bring out anti-immigration sentiment. This can mean economic protectionism as well as cultural nativism--an attempt to preserve historical ...

The tone of the debate over the nation's immigration laws has taken an ugly turn as some office-seekers offer solutions to problems that don't exist. The natural rights of all persons consist of areas ...

Nativism is not an American value, Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson declared Thursday, delivering a pointed rebuke to Donald Trump without mentioning his name while calling on an end to ...

The National Review ran an editorial on the subject of comprehensive immigration reform last week. It was repulsive and it was repulsive in a particular way. It is Exhibit A in the argument that the ...

It was a time of great economic uncertainty and political turmoil. The next election promised to move the nation closer to a terrible precipice, and the native-born were frustrated by their diminished ...

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Who does this sound like? A group dealing with economic disruption decides that, rather than addressing its problems internally, it will blame outsiders. So the group adopts a nativist stance, looking ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. When John Tanton, a Michigan ophthalmologist and environmentalist, launched the ...