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So, the painting most likely was given to the Club, perhaps presented by Lorimer as a housewarming present when it moved into the new quarters. The whole transaction, as so many in the Club, probably was concluded with a handshake and a thank you. NPC in History is a feature of the Club’s History and Heritage team chaired by Club historian Gil Klein. He is the author of “Tales from the National Press Club,” published in April by The History Press.

I quickly looked at the list of members in the back of the 1914 yearbook. And there he was: George H. Lorimer, editor of the Saturday Evening Post, listed as a non-resident member because the magazine was based in Philadelphia. In fact, he is listed as a member in every Club history and yearbook to 1936 as he rose to be chairman of the Curtis Publishing Co., all while editing the magazine.

"Every second he stays in captivity cuts a deeper wound in the hearts of my family, and we can wait no longer… . As we approach a ninth holiday season with an empty chair at our family's Thanksgiving, a ninth Christmas spent wondering if Austin can see the stars, my brothers and sisters and I implore you from the depths of our hearts: Please help," wrote Jacob Tice, in an op-ed published on hundreds of news websites across the country, coordinated and led by McClatchy and including CNN, Fox News, Time, the USA Today network, Tribune publications, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Military Times and…

Tice, a writer and photographer, veteran Marine Corps captain, and Georgetown Law student, was detained three days after his 31st birthday, more than eight years ago. The U.S. government believes Austin is alive and being held by an affiliate of the Syrian government.

When it was first released in 2012, the New York Daily News wrote: “In an era of anti-immigrant fervor, this sobering and much-needed look at Latino migration is built on an undeniably optimist premise: that once Americans have accurate facts, ‘They Rarely Allow Injustices to Stand.'” The New York Times wrote: “Harvest of Empire has a journalistic pedigree and a punch that comes from political advocacy … the filmmakers retain a touching faith that most Americans won’t tolerate injustice when they know about it. This film is meant to teach them.”

Juan González, the award-winning journalist who authored the book, "Harvest of Empire," opens the film stating, “They never teach us in school that the huge Latino presence here is a direct result of our own government’s actions in Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America over many decades -- actions that forced millions from that region to leave their homeland and journey north.”

The documentary examines the role this nation’s economic and military interests plays in the lives of Latinos in America. As immigration issues continue to mystify policymakers to this day, the U.S. Latino community is now approaching a population of 63 million, represents 20 nations, and produced a $2.3 trillion GDP for the United States in 2018. Many Mexican-American families recollect that “we did not cross the border; it crossed us.”

Producer, co-director to lead discussion

The National Press Club Events and International Correspondence committees are sponsoring a film review and discussion of "Harvest of Empire, The Untold Story of Latinos in America," with producer Wendy Thompson-Marquez and co-producer and co-director Eduardo Lopez Wednesday, Oct. 21, 6 to 7 p.m. The event, a nod to the observation of Hispanic Heritage Month that wraps up Oct. 15, will be co-moderated by committee chairs Carmen Russell Sluchanksy and Aileen Schlef. Questions can be submitted in advance to [email protected].

Video

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