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Evan TaparataET

Evan Taparata

Evan Taparata is a Ph.D. candidate in History at the University of Minnesota. His research and teaching interests revolve around law and immigration and refugee migration to the United States in the past and in the present.
President Donald Trump (r) looks toward a crowd of reporters who hold microphones and point cameras in his direction.
Global Politics
President Trump, how can relations between you and the media be improved?
US President Donald Trump, with a grin on his face, walks down a bright red carpet in the White House.
Global Politics
President Trump, are you satisfied with what you’ve accomplished in your first 100 days?
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer points to a reporter during a press conference as several hands rise up from the crowd of questioning journalists.
Global Politics
President Trump, why won’t you disclose who is visiting the White House?
A magnifying glass centers in on the Google logo.
Global Politics
President Trump, how is letting internet providers sell consumers’ browsing data in the public interest?
Three children stand together outside the US capitol holding a sign that reads "Kids need more than the minimum, GoodJobsNation.org."
Economics
President Trump, would you ever support a federal living wage?
President Donald Trump is shown here addressing reporters from his Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida, as he remarks on US airstrikes against Syria on April 6, 2017.
Media
President Trump, are you concerned about your historically low approval ratings?
President Barack Obama runs on green grass, holding a football in his hands, as the family dog Bo chases close behind on May 12, 2009.
Global Politics
President Trump, will you follow other presidents and get a White House dog?
A group of miners wearing black polos and several onlookers watch President Donald Trump as he holds up a signed version of his most recent executive order, “Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth.”
Jobs
President Trump, with new coal jobs on the horizon, what will you do to keep miners safe?
German Chancellor Angela Merkel sits to the left of Ivanka Trump, their backs facing the camera as they address President Donald Trump and a full table of German and American business leaders during a roundtable conversation at the White House on March 17
Global Politics
President Trump, does your daughter’s new job in the White House fall in line with ethics guidelines?
The craggy ridge of a formation of red rocks is pictured under a cloudless blue sky in Utah.
Global Politics
President Trump, what’s your plan to preserve federal lands?
A restricted area sign is seen outside of the White House in Washington November 27, 2015.
Global Politics
President Trump, are you concerned by reports that one of your top aides belongs to a Hungarian anti-Semite group?
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and President Donald Trump appear in a blurry photograph during a cabinet meeting. White House advisors Steve Bannon and Jared Kushner look on in the background.
Global Politics
President Trump, what is your administration’s commitment to human rights?
The white bird Twitter logo appears behind the American flag.
Global Politics
President Trump, do you think the Presidential Records Act should apply to your tweets?
A mosaic of tiles depicts the shape and likeness of Oscar Lopez Rivera, a 74-year-old Puerto Rican nationalist whose prison sentence was commuted at the end of President Obama's term in office.
Global Politics
President Trump, where do you stand on Puerto Rico — status quo, statehood, or independence?
An artist's rendition of one of seven new planets discovered by NASA in February, 2017 depicts a sun setting over a watery surface dotted with sculptures that look like ice.
Global Politics
Mr. President, do you plan on sending Americans to space?
A protestor carries a sign that reads "Making America Hate Again."
Global Politics
President Trump, do you see a correlation between your immigration policies and a rise in hate crimes?
Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, leans in as he shakes hands with an EPA employee.
Global Politics
#35. @realDonaldTrump EPA Chief Scott Pruitt walked back his climate change skepticism. Will you? #100Days100Qs
The logo of Trump Tower appears in big, bold, capitalized golden letters on one of Donald Trump's iconic buildings in New York City.
Global Politics
#34. @realDonaldTrump Do you think getting a trademark on your name abroad may violate the constitution? #100Days100Qs
A robot with human-like features works on an assembly line beside a human worker at a factory of Glory Ltd., a manufacturer of automatic change dispensers, in Kazo, north of Tokyo, Japan, July 1, 2015.
Business
#22. @realDonald Trump How will you keep machines from taking American jobs? #100Days100Qs
Two Secret Service agents stationed on the roof of the National Museum of African American History and Culture use binoculars to survey the crowd during the Museum's opening ceremony on September 24, 2016.
Global Politics
#18. @realDonaldTrump Do you have plans to reschedule your visit to the Natl. Museum of African American History and Culture? #100Days100Qs
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Representative John Conyers sit side by side on a panel about Trump's visa ban on February 2, 2017.
Global Politics
#14. @realDonaldTrump Do you agree with the UN that the US owes reparations to African Americans? #100Days100Qs
US President Donald Trump applauds Education Secretary nominee Betsy DeVos as she speaks at a podium.
Education
#10. @realDonaldTrump What does your support of ‘school choice’ mean for public schools? #100Days100Qs
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders faces a very large crowd of young people who hold their hands up in the air after he asks who among them has student loans.
Education
#6. @realDonaldTrump What will you do to alleviate student loan debt? #100Days100Qs
Black and white photo of man at table, with books
Education
How a Lebanese immigrant helped pave the way for the study of Islam and Muslim culture in the US
Conflict
The slave-trade roots of US private prisons
A group of children jump and reach for a ball on a volleyball court at a refugee camp in Germany after World War II
Conflict
It’s not just the Olympics. Sports have been important in refugee camps for decades.
Technicians raise balloons
Global Politics
Convention drama is hardly an ‘unconventional’ part of US history
The gate to Louisiana State Penitentiary, pictured here, is a simple two-lane entry and exit way. Before the entrance is a brick wall that says "Louisiana State Penitentiary, Burl Cain, Warden"
Conflict
Slavery’s long shadow looms over the deaths of victims of police violence
Candidates for citizenship in the United States
Justice
The US has come a long way since its first, highly restrictive naturalization law
One man and three women hold signs that say "DAPA now!" and "DAPA Ahora!" before a wall covered with a mural, barely visible.
Justice
While the Supreme Court considers deportation policy, the roots of deportation itself come from a much earlier case
When thousands of activists marched last May Day in Los Angeles, they chanted a message that advocates have articulated time and again in US history: immigrants’ rights are human rights.
Justice
How immigrant rights activists fought — and won — a battle against unjust laws and deportations
Two men point and look at a map, in black and white
Conflict
During WWII, European refugees fled to Syria. Here’s what the camps were like.
A couple stands in front of a replica of a small mosque
Culture
More American than apple pie, Muslims have been migrating to the US for centuries
A cartoon of businessmen who are denying entry to a new immigrant, who is exiting a ship
Conflict
An anti-immigrant political movement that sparked an election day riot — 150 years ago