Tag Archives: immigrants

Pizza Comes to America

Posted on September 18, 2022 by Ken Dowell

Once an Italian “peasant food,” now served in 75,000 U.S. shops. Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged food, history, immigrants, Italian-Americans, pizza, pizzerias | 12 Comments

Operation Sojourner: Spies in the Pews

Posted on December 26, 2021 by Ken Dowell

How the INS infiltrated the Santuary Movement Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged Alan C. Nelson, El Salvador, Guatemala, history, immigrants, INS, James Fike, Jesus Cruz, Operation Sojourner, refugees, Sanctuary Movement, Southside Presbyterian Church | 2 Comments

It All Started at a Little Church in Tucson

Posted on December 19, 2021 by Ken Dowell

The Sanctuary Movement of the 1980’s Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged Arizona, El Salvador, Guatamala, immigrants, James A. Corbett, refugees, Sanctuary Movement, Southside Presbyterian Church, Tucson | 6 Comments

Ethnocentrism and the Roaring Twenties

Posted on November 21, 2021 by Ken Dowell

The creation of immigration quotas. Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged 1920's, Dillingham Commission, Emergency Quota Act of 1921, history, immigrants, Immigration Act of 1924, immigration quotas, Immigration Restriction League, national origins, nativism | 8 Comments

Welcoming With One Open Arm

Posted on October 17, 2021 by Ken Dowell

Americans’ mixed reaction to refugees and immigrants Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged history, immigrants, nativists, refugees, Trump | 5 Comments

How Does Bill Barr Stack Up Against the Worst Attorneys General in U.S. History?

Posted on September 6, 2020 by Ken Dowell

The politics and corruption of America’s top law enforcement officers. Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged A. Mitchell Palmer, Alberto Gonzales, Attorneys General, Bill Barr, corruption, Henry M. Daugherty, history, immigrants, John Mitchell, warrantless surveillance | 12 Comments

Thanks to Prohibition, We Now Have…

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Ken Dowell

Prohibition’s influence on American lifestyle, culture and politics. Continue reading →

Posted in History, Uncategorized | Tagged 18th Amendment, 1920's, history, immigrants, liquor laws, marijuana, Prohibition, roaring 20's, speakeasy | 5 Comments

Prohibition as Class Warfare

Posted on December 19, 2017 by Ken Dowell

The main target of Prohibition advocates was the working class saloon. Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged 18th Amendment, history, immigrants, incarceration, poisoned alcohol, Prohibition, saloons, Volstead Act, working class | 4 Comments

Prohibition: A Nation of Immigrants, a Nation of Xenophobes

Posted on December 12, 2017 by Ken Dowell

The anti-German sentiment that accompanied WWI provided the impetus to enact Prohibition. Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged 18th Amendment, Anti-Saloon League, German-Americans, history, immigrants, Ku Klu Klan, Prohibition, World War I, Xenophobia | 10 Comments

Trump’s Little Whorehouse on the Prairie

Posted on August 8, 2017 by Ken Dowell

Grandpa Trump: Immigrant, Entrepreneur, Brothel-Keeper Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged 19th century, Bennett, gold rush, history, immigrants, Klondike, politics, prostitution, Trump, Yukon | 14 Comments

Tag Archives: immigrants

Pizza Comes to America

Operation Sojourner: Spies in the Pews

It All Started at a Little Church in Tucson

Ethnocentrism and the Roaring Twenties

Welcoming With One Open Arm

How Does Bill Barr Stack Up Against the Worst Attorneys General in U.S. History?

Thanks to Prohibition, We Now Have…

Prohibition as Class Warfare

Prohibition: A Nation of Immigrants, a Nation of Xenophobes

Trump’s Little Whorehouse on the Prairie

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