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/ 3 weeks agoTrump attacks diversity, but a fellow New Yorker − US Rep. Vito Marcantonio − worked to represent all Americans in a multiracial democracy
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Language changes because of how it finds itself most gainfully employed by speakers through time. So it’s OK to say “The...
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Since the earliest days of the nation, any person born on US soil is a US citizen.
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