Quotes from Stephen G. Bloom

The family was herded through Castle Garden, the first immigration station established in the United States, predating Ellis Island by four decades.8

The ethnic tilt produced a backlash of virulent racism, as seen in the federal Chinese Exclusion Act in 1862, which set a moratorium on Chinese immigration for ten years, at a time when every other nationality was setting out for America daily.

It wasn't until 1911 that California joined forty-five other states in restricting recreational cocaine

abortion had been outlawed throughout the United States, starting in Connecticut in 1821, in California in 1872, and in all states by 1880

the majority of any abortion provider's patients were mothers already with several children.

Poor economic conditions translate to spikes in crime, suicide, spousal abuse, malnutrition, alcoholism, and abortion.

promised, returned the furs he had safeguarded), and she'd have some spending money left over. She also knew she'd have to unload some of her real estate before the