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How Congressional Control has Changed Over the Past 100 Years By Ellen Dewitt, Stacker News On 1/10/21 at 8:00 AM EST With partisan divisions and rancor filling the headlines, it seems like a miracle that Congress can get anything done. Party control of Congress makes a difference, but not always in predictable ways. When one party holds majorities in the Senate and House of Representatives and holds the presidency, its not necessarily easier for all to agree on legislative remedies and refo...

Introduction Two fathers and their sons traveled from Mexico this spring to grow and harvest North Carolina’s sweet potatoes, tobacco, Christmas trees and other crops. All four men held temporary H-2A nonimmigrant visas — permits U.S. employers use to sponsor foreign guest workers to fill seasonal labor shortages on farms.  In August, one of the fathers died of COVID-19. The other died weeks later. After both were buried in Mexico, their sons dutifully returned to North Carolina to keep wo...

Why the U.S. needs a Latino-American Museum: A Q&A with Sen. Bob Menendez Updated Dec 21, 2020; The constellation of museums and galleries that comprise the Smithsonian Institution tell the story of American history and culture, with a notable exception: Not one is dedicated to the largest minority group in America. There is no national museum that reflects the tableau of Hispanic Americans, who have been here longer than anyone and represent a venerable thread running through the fabric of ou...

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Column: Heres what Sen. Mike Lee got wrong about a Smithsonian Latino museum Carolina A. Miranda © Provided by The LA Times Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, seen here in September, blocked legislation to explore the creation of a Smithsonian museum devoted to Latinos. (Ken Cedeno / Pool/AFP via Getty Images) Last week, a Newsweek reporterfiled a dispatch on a Senate bill that would lead to the creation of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino in Washington, D.C. At th...

Print Last week, a Newsweek reporter filed a dispatch on a Senate bill that would lead to the creation of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino in Washington, D.C. At the time, the vote seemed almost pro forma. A similar bill had sailed through the House in July, and many expected the Senate bill to pass by unanimous consent (Senate parlance for a voice vote). The bill would then move to the White House. And that, reported Newsweek, “would leave President Donald Trump to g...

As a little girl, Jessica Govea had become accustomed to rising early and making her way to the fields with her family. During the cotton season, you could find her family dragging sacks of cotton along the long rows of fields in Kern County, California. Her father had travelled a long way from Mexico. He first worked in the United States as a contracted guest worker through the Bracero Program and then later as a migrant farmworker. Portrait of Jessica Govea. Courtesy of the Govea family When ...