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Posted by: Ryan Reft
When President Richard M. Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974, he departed for an exile in San Clemente, California, that began with depression and anxiety, but ended with a presidential pardon, a hospitalization, and eventually political renewal.
Posted in: Politics
Posted by: Ryan Reft
On the 100th anniversary of the Immigration Act of 1924, the case of Gin Foo Wong highlights how Asian immigrants attempted to circumvent the law’s nativist policies through the tactic of creating “paper” sons and daughters.
Posted in: Asian American History, Labor, Law, Letters, Politics