Gentleman’s Agreement Part 2: America in 1947; The Polite Curtain of Prejudice
by Mark M. Bello In Part 1 of our 5-part series on a century of American anti-Semitism, we explored the origins of Gentleman’s Agreement and the courage it took for a Protestant director, producer, and actor to shine a spotlight on a form of American bigotry that few cared or dared to speak about. In […]
Victory and Values: Donald Trump’s Dangerous View of World War II
by Mark M. Bello On May 8, 1945, the world took a collective breath. After six long years of fighting in Europe, Allied forces—led in large part by the United States—achieved what many thought impossible: the defeat of Nazi Germany. Victory in Europe Day, or VE Day, became not only a marker of military success […]