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A Woman Who Fostered New Americans

As the immigration wrestles continue in the streets and courts and in Washington politics, America lost a great “reformer” on the matter last month. Florence Phillips died at age 95 after spending nearly 20 years helping probably thousands of newcomers to the U.S. learn the basics of belonging here and ideally become citizens. Her EnglishContinue reading “A Woman Who Fostered New Americans”

Republicans Turn Out the Lights in East Hampton

Another epitaph for the “old Republican Party” was written this week in the township of East Hampton, N.Y., where no GOP candidate has filed for the top position, supervisor, in the November election. This story in the East Hampton Star lays out the contemporary context of the party’s demise there, which mirrors what has happenedContinue reading “Republicans Turn Out the Lights in East Hampton”