Articles by: Arnold R Isaacs

An Open Letter to My Old Tribe

An Open Letter to My Old Tribe

“It could be days. It could be weeks until we find out who the new president is…. Will you urge your supporters to stay calm during this extended period, not to engage in any civil unrest? And will you pledge tonight that you will not declare victory until the election has been independently certified?” If those words sound familiar, it’s[Read More…]

by 19/10/2020 Comments are Disabled World
Moral Injury and America’s Endless Conflicts

Moral Injury and America’s Endless Conflicts

When an announcement of a “Moral Injury Symposium” turned up in my email, I was a bit startled to see that it came from the U.S. Special Operations Command. That was a surprise because many military professionals have strongly resisted the term “moral injury” and rejected the suggestion that soldiers fighting America’s wars could experience moral conflict or feel morally[Read More…]

by 04/12/2019 Comments are Disabled World
FILE PHOTO: Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) officers from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) look on after executing search warrants and making arrests at an agricultural processing facility in Canton, Mississippi, U.S. in this August 7, 2019 handout photo.    Immigration and Customs Enforcement/Handout via REUTERS  ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY./File Photo

MACA or Making America Crueler Again

The White House Targets Refugees, Green Card Applicants, and Poor Immigrants On September 26th, President Donald Trump’s White House announced that, in 2020, refugee admissions to the United States will be limited to 18,000, drastically lower than any yearly ceiling over the past 40 years. Along with that announcement, the White House released a separate executive order intended to upend many years of precedent[Read More…]

by 23/10/2019 Comments are Disabled World
Arnold R Isaacs – Looking Back at 1919: Immigration, Race, and Women’s Rights, Then and Now 

Arnold R Isaacs – Looking Back at 1919: Immigration, Race, and Women’s Rights, Then and Now 

Reading about immigration policy, religious and racial bigotry, and terrorism fears in America in 1919 offers an eerie sense of decades melting away and past and present blurring together. The blend isn’t exact. Bigotry was expressed much more explicitly a century ago, not in code as it usually is now. Jim Crow laws in the South and other forms of[Read More…]

by 17/04/2019 Comments are Disabled Human Rights