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?

Global Politics

Will President Trump and the media be frenemies forever?

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?

Global Politics
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?

Global Politics
A magnifying glass centers in on the Google logo.

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

Global Politics
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?

Economics
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?

Media

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

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?

Global Politics

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

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

Jobs

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

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?

Global Politics

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

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?

Global Politics

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