The recent executions of American citizens in Minneapolis test Trump’s 2016 claim that he could shoot someone on the street and not lose any voters. This dark image—a threat and a prophecy—has become too real, without any clear sense of where it ends.
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Accusing immigrants of poisoning Americans’ blood is one of the most recent attacks by far-right politicians on populations of color in the United States. The disturbing accusation draws on historical processes of “monstrifying” immigrant groups from the global South.
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After three decades of tepid economic growth and stagnant wages, Japanese employment practices have shifted from stable jobs to contingent work. Half of the 21 million contingent workforce lives in relative poverty. Gender bias remains extensive, and foreign workers are subject to exploitation.
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