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View More NewsNaturalization ceremonies on the Fourth of July are singularly joyous occasions. New members are officially inducted into the American project on the day that celebrates that very thing. So what is a July 4 self-deportation? Patricia Rojas, 25, found out this month, when she moved to Mexico. Like many immigrants, she had wanted to stay in the United States. Unlike many immigrants, however, she had lived in America legally since she was 4 months old and has never known another country as home. Rojas is, in other words, a “Dreamer,” the nickname given to those who came to the United…
Stay-at-home moms: Reader, let me take your hand and guide you to a realm of the internet that I inhabit, which you probably don’t even know exists. Welcome to Mom Twitter, where the discourse vacillates between dumb and enlightening. Today’s topic? What exactly the term “stay-at-home mom” means, and whether “work”—presumably meaning formal participation in the labor force—disqualifies you. moms on TikTok that are like “SAHMs what are you doing to make income from home 🥺 I need to make $200 a week” and the comments are all giving them suggestions…..idk how to tell them that they aren’t SAHMs. they…
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A review of Love and Terror: The Helter-Skelter History of the Manson Murders by Claudia Verhoeven; 384 pages; Verso (May 2026)Although the True Crime genre of publishing and documentary television is replete with accounts of murderous spouses, serial killers, Mafia wars, and financial scams, rarely do the subjects transcend the headline immediacy of police procedurals to deliver the long-term import of critical analysis. The Victorian predator Jack the Ripper and the Depression-era exploits of Bonnie and Clyde are two such exceptions; a third is the countercultural carnage wrought by the Manson family. As such, Claudia Verhoeven’s new book Love and Terror: The Helter-Skelter History…
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