Today is, ostensibly, the ominous sounding "Day Without Immigrants" (cue scary music)! There has been some talk about how many immigrants the day will truly be without. But, the re-working of our national anthem has certainly raised a stink. It's a good start. If your day is affected by lack of immigrants, please let us know. Also, to add a little levity to your potentially immigrant deficient day, check out this article about how pizza went from being an obscure ethnic treat (brought to America by, gasp, immigrants) to one of our most popular cuisines (Via Arts & Letters Daily)
You should also note that today is May Day the anniversary of the Haymarket Riots, which you can read about in great detail here
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