American Dreams, International Realities
Asian American experiences, the timeless experience of war, and more
Image credit: A.A. Phillips, Jr./via Public Domain Review
Film:
Hannah H. Kim, “What A Korean American Will Find in Minari: And what most Americans will miss about the Oscar-nominated film.” (April 15, 2021)
Politics
Mónica Salmón Gómez, “The True Story of Two Guatemalan Asylum Seekers at Our Border: A saga of dispossession, past and present.” (April 15, 2021)
Jenny Choi, “Why Asian Americans Need a Language Access Revolution, Now: Taking stock in the wake of the Atlanta spa murders.” (April 15, 2021)
E. Colin Ruggero and A.K.Thompson, “Reflections on Violence: In praise of rioting, looting, and vandalism.” (April 15, 2021)
History Reconsidered
Daniel DiMassa, “Steve Bannon and the Aesthetics of Catholic Romanticism: Why the populist Svengali wants to have a power base near the Vatican.” (April 15, 2021)
Dillon J. Carroll, “Wounds That Don’t Heal: A new movie about the Iraq war reminds us that soldiers have always been left to cope with the visible and invisible toll of war.” (April 15, 2021)
Columnists
Pat Garofalo, “Bass Pro Shop’s Bait and Switch: How weak anti-trust laws enable a retail behemoth’s predatory behavior and fails communities.” (April 7, 2021)
Heather Cox Richardson, “Joe Biden Embraces Liberalism: But is he returning to a New Deal vision? Comparisons to Harry Truman may be more apt.” (April 15, 2021)
Claire Potter, “Dan Crenshaw’s Eye: As he recovers from sight-saving surgery, will the second-term Texas congressman reflect on the health insurance that other Americans don’t have?” (April 12, 2021)