The more citizens trust their government, the better democracy functions. However, African
Americans have long suffered from the lack of equal protection by their government, and the …

Existing studies on attitudes towards immigrants center White public opinion and do not
account for the diversity within the immigrant population. I seek to fill these gaps by testing …

Upon arrival to the United States, Mexican immigrants are racialized as simultaneously non-
White and" illegal." This racialization process complicates notions of race that they bring with …

Social movement framing is a critical element in bringing together heterogeneous groups as
allies in common political struggle. Immigrant rights organizations, like other social …

In this first scholarly reflection on the 2012 elections, a distinguished cast of contributors
enlightens students, scholars, and serious political readers about the issues involved in one …

Abstract Immigration into the United States soared between the 1990 and 2000 censuses
and continued during the 2000 to 2007 period, resulting in significant demographic shifts in …

This chapter begins with a discussion of what sanctuary cities mean for their Black residents.
The increasing prominence of" sanctuary cities," localities that are not in compliance with …

The dominant paradigm of American race relations has changed dramatically in the last two
decades, as the prevailing White-Black binary is challenged by mass migration from Latin …