One hundred years ago, the U.S. Congress enacted the most notorious immigration legislation in American history. Signed by President Calvin Coolidge, the Immigration Act of 1924 dramatically reduced immigration from eastern and southern Europe and practically barred it from Asia. The new law was unabashedly racist, seeking to roll back the demographic tide. One of its sponsors, U.S. Rep. Albert Johnson, warned the House Committee on Immigration that “a stream of alien blood” was poisoning the nation.
Florida & Beyond, and All Opinions
Down-Ballot Effect in Florida of Trump Conviction Is Unlikely, But It’s a Fund-Raising Boon to Ex-President
Political experts don’t anticipate last week’s conviction of former President Donald Trump in New York will create significant down-ballot momentum — either way — for candidates in Florida. Fundraising has ratcheted up after Trump’s conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records, but experts in Florida pointed to issues such as voters already having their minds made up.
The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, June 3, 2024
John Cascone plea hearing, the Flagler County Commission meets, the miserable history of Baruch Goldstein and Gush Emunim, terrorists among Israeli settlers.
For American Jews Protesting For Palestinians, It’s a Matter of Jewish Values
One of the American rabbis told reporters at Democracy Now! that this was the only way she could imagine marking Passover, a holiday that celebrates the story of liberation from oppression and slavery. Marching to the gates of Gaza with food for starving Palestinians was consistent with Passover’s imperative to invite the hungry to every table.
The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Sunday, June 2, 2024
Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village, a very special place for developers, those upside down flags protesting the Tump verdict and reminders from Woodie Guthrie and Voltaire.
Mary McLeod Bethune, The Unifier
Mary McLeod Bethune rose to become one of the most influential Black women of the 20th century. In 1904, she founded a small school for girls in Daytona Beach. That school later became Bethune-Cookman University. While living in Washington, D.C., where she moved to work with the Roosevelt administration and National Council of Negro Women, she worked alongside Carter G. Woodson, the founder of what we now know to be Black History Month,
Supervisors of Election Push Back Against Proposed DeSantis Rule On Determining Voter Intent
Florida supervisors of elections are pushing back on a rule proposed by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration to update standards for determining voters’ intent on ballots, saying the proposal includes “inconsistencies” that could lead to problems for county canvassing boards.
The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Saturday, June 1, 2024
Her Turn Women’s Surf Festival at the pier, Flagler Humane Society Hosts Special Adoption Event, Sunshine and Sandals Social at Cornerstone, Coffee With Commissioner Scott Spradley.
The ‘Model Minority’ Myth Harms Asian Americans
May is Asian and Pacific American Heritage Month, a time when Americans celebrate the profound contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders – a group that is commonly abbreviated as AAPI – to U.S. society. The focus on AAPI communities this month provides an excellent occasion to push back against a stereotype that has long misrepresented and marginalized a diverse range of people: the myth of the “model minority.”
The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Friday, May 31, 2024
Reflexins on Trump’s guilty verdict, Her Turn Women’s Surf Festival in Flagler Beach kicks off, the Blue 24 Forum, U-2’s anthem for the day, what George Wallace has in common with his felon descendant.