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The US has yet to fully undergo a process of truth and reconciliation.
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The White House and Republicans' narrative distorts the numbers and the values that underlie family migration.
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Millennial Indian women have been leading a new kind of feminism since the early 2000s.
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A scholar counts the winners and losers in Trump's immigration proposal.
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Before the civil rights era, a group of powerful and resourceful black women laid the groundwork for a generation of black…