Category Archives: U.S. society

Election Guide for Immigrants: Cape Verde Edition

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Only 40-50% of adult U.S. citizens vote in the midterms (U.S. Census Bureau).  Perhaps the other 50-60% wonder: Midway between what? Statistics for participation in primaries are twice as dismal: A scant 20% of eligible voters in the U.S. typically vote in the primaries (Bipartisan Policy Center). https://aceproject.org/ace-en/topics/pc/annex/pcy/primary-elections-in-latin-america/mobile_browsing/onePag Only three other

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Courageous Ethnography: Anand Pandian Explores the Dark Underside of the American Experiment

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November 9th, 2016 found me as shocked and depressed as any Hilary Clinton supporter — and not only because the xenophobic, racist, sexist, and generally despicable Donald Trump had just been declared the winner of the U.S. presidential election. The anthropologist in me was also alarmed for my discipline. We

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