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“When Javier Zamora was nine, he traveled unaccompanied by bus, boat, and foot from El Salvador to the United States to reunite with his…
Unexpected social policy expansion and progressive tax reforms initiated by right-wing governments in Latin America highlight the need for…
This article brings a new perspective to the analysis of the wage effects of the Mariel boatlift crisis, in which an estimated 125,000…
Police exercise the state’s monopoly of legitimate use of force, a fundamental state function that shapes the construction of citizenship.…
Unsurprisingly, President Donald Trump hasn’t held back when speaking about the political crisis in Venezuela. Before the United Nations…
At the turn of the century, environmentalists and “Big Oil” appeared to be moving toward one another. With the world anticipating a global…
American policymakers and China-watchers worldwide often parse Chinese President Xi Jinping’s words, looking for clues about whether the…