In the first half of the 20th century, 8 million poor rural whites fled the border states for Great Lakes cities. Brash and suspicious of government, they played an underappreciated role in the collapse of the New Deal order.
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DeSantis Emulates Trump, But the Act Is Weak
The Florida governor wants the ex-president’s mantle, but he lacks the unique traits that have made Trump a political behemoth.
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Migrants Are Increasingly Crossing the English Channel—and Dying Along the Way
How an overstuffed refugee camp on an Italian island shows the depths of the refugee nightmare.
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The GOP’s Faux Outrage Over Haitian Migrants at the Texas Border
These people are fleeing a violent regime. Why is the Biden administration sending them back to a humanitarian nightmare?
