Why a politician with an intriguing Jewish history says the U.S. should give back the Statue of Liberty
Raphaël Glucksmann's call for the iconic statue's return is more than just a political gibe
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Fast Forward Phillip Ratner, sculptor whose work tells immigrants’ stories at NYC landmarks, dies at 86
The Washington-area artist’s bronzes adorn the museums at Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty
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Culture Ken Cuccinelli Isn’t The First Trump Official To Go After Emma Lazarus — Just The Latest
Updated on August 14: This article has been updated to reflect more recent comments made by USCIS acting director Ken Cuccinelli. Ken Cuccinelli, acting director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, caused a stir Tuesday morning by misquoting “The New Colossus,” the poem that famously occupies the base of the Statue of Liberty, while…
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Fast Forward Trump Official Changes Emma Lazarus Poem To Argue For Immigration Restrictions
(JTA) — A Trump administration official changed Emma Lazarus’ famous poem engraved on the Statue of Liberty in arguing for immigration restrictions. Asked about the Jewish poet’s words by an NPR reporter on Tuesday, Ken Cuccinelli, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services acting director, gave the old words a new twist. “Give me your…
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Fast Forward Miller’s Spat Over Statue Of Liberty Poem Recalls ‘Alt-Right’
When Stephen Miller fought with CNN reporter Jim Acosta over the poem on the Statue of Liberty, was he echoing an ‘alt-right’ talking point? It looks like it might be the case, after an argument about immigration that touched on the famous Emma Lazarus poem, “The New Colossus.” According to ThinkProgress, white nationalists have been…
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Fast Forward Ann Coulter Wants To Clone Stephen Miller
Trump aide Stephen Miller took some heat after his first media briefing Wednesday, in which he downplayed the importance of Emma Lazarus’s poem mounted on the Statue of Liberty and accused a CNN reporter of having a “cosmopolitan bias.” But at least one viewer loved his messaging. “We need to clone Stephen Miller and appoint…
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Culture Does Stephen Miller Really Want To Take On Emma Lazarus?
Stephen Miller, the white nationalist aide to President Trump took on a somewhat strange new enemy yesterday: Emma Lazarus. Lazarus, a relative of the United States’s first Jewish settler, wrote the poem “The New Colossus” to raise funds for the base of the Statue of Liberty in 1883. That poem, most famous for the lines…
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Fast Forward Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones Reveres Trump Like Hitler — Trashes Statue Of Liberty
A new profile of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones warns that he reveres President Trump like Hitler — and Jones admits he considers the Statue of Liberty a “symbol of propaganda.” “When Jones talks about the president, it sounds as if he were talking about some Hitler-like Führer,” Der Spiegel reports. “He refers to the first…
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