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.

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.

President Trump, how can relations between you and the media be improved?

Will President Trump and the media be frenemies forever?

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.

President Trump, are you satisfied with what you've accomplished in your first 100 days?

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.

President Trump, why won't you disclose who is visiting the White House?

President Trump, why won't you disclose who is visiting the White House?
A magnifying glass centers in on the Google logo.

President Trump, how is letting internet providers sell consumers’ browsing data in the public interest?

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."

President Trump, would you ever support a federal living wage?

President Trump, would you ever support a federal living wage?
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.

President Trump, will you follow other presidents and get a White House dog?

Presidential pets have been a mainstay in the White House. Will Trump follow suit and welcome a dog?

President Trump, will you follow other presidents and get a White House dog?
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.

President Trump, are you concerned about your historically low approval ratings?

Is Trump worried that he has the worst approval rating of any president in recent memory?

President Trump, are you concerned about your historically low approval ratings?
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.”

President Trump, with new coal jobs on the horizon, what will you do to keep miners safe?

Mining for coal is dangerous work. How will President Trump protect miners if he sends thousands of them back to work, as he promises?

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

President Trump, does your daughter's new job in the White House fall in line with ethics guidelines?

Ivanka Trump has security clearance and an office in the White House — but no official role in her father's administration.

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.

President Trump, what’s your plan to preserve federal lands?

The fate of the country's 640 million acres of federal land is up in the air under President Trump.

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.

President Trump, are you concerned by reports that one of your top aides belongs to a Hungarian anti-Semite group?

How will President Trump deal with rest allegations that one of his advisors belongs to an anti-Semitic group in Hungary?

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.

President Trump, what is your administration’s commitment to human rights?

There are 47 nations on the UN's Human Rights Council. There might soon be 46.

President Trump, what is your administration’s commitment to human rights?
The white bird Twitter logo appears behind the American flag.

President Trump, do you think the Presidential Records Act should apply to your tweets?

Presidents are required to maintain all of their documents as records belonging to the American people. Twitter accounts have historically been included — so the question is did Donald Trump break the law when he deleted a tweet from his Twitter account.

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.

President Trump, where do you stand on Puerto Rico — status quo, statehood, or independence?

Will Puerto Rico become the 51st state — or an independent nation — under President Trump?

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.

Mr. President, do you plan on sending Americans to space?

“American footprints on distant worlds are not too big a dream,” Trump says. Does it mean the president will keep funds flowing for NASA?

Mr. President, do you plan on sending Americans to space?