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Etymology

Barbed wire in a circle | Illustration: Joanna Andreasson

Immigration

Trump's Immigrant Removals Aren't Technically Deportations. So What Are They?

Deportation means expelling an alien back to their home country for violating immigration law. Many of the Trump administration's actions don't meet that definition.

C.J. Ciaramella | 6.16.2025 6:00 AM

Two men are depicted in Memorial to Heroes of the Marine Engine Room monument in England | Photo: Chris Hellier/Alamy

Politics

What Is the 'Working Class'?

When even most upper-income Republicans say they're working class, the term has become meaningless.

Eric Boehm | 11.4.2024 6:00 AM

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Criminal Justice

Donald Trump and Hunter Biden Are Both Felons. But What Does Felon Really Mean?

For hundreds of years, a felony has been defined not by the action itself but by how we punish it.

Bekah Congdon | 9.26.2024 7:00 AM

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