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The completion of the transcontinental railroad in May 1869 is usually told as a story of national triumph and a key moment for American Manifest Destiny. The Railroad made it possible to cross the country in a matter of days instead of months, paved the way for new settlers to come out west, and helped speed America's entry onto the world stage as a modern nation that spanned a full continent. It also created vast wealth for its four owners, including the fortune with which Leland Stanford would found Stanford University some two decades later.

The world and its politics are becoming ever more polarised, leaving no room for the light and the shade. In The Half of It, Emma and Nicole explore race and identity through the lens of the mixed-race experience, creating a space for discussion and illuminating the true nuances of the...

One-half of the celebrated Men in Blazers duo, longtime culture and soccer commentator Roger Bennett traces the origins of his love affair with America, and how he went from a depraved, pimply faced Jewish boy in 1980’s Liverpool to become the quintessential Englishman in New York. A memoir...

Part memoir and part how-not-to guide, The Wrong End of the Table is everything you wanted to know about Arabs but were afraid to ask, with chapters such as “Tattoos and Other National Security Risks,” “You Can’t Blame Everything on Your Period; Sometimes You’re Going to Be a Crazy Bitch: and Other Advice from Mom,” and even an open letter to Trump. This is the story of every American outsider on a path to find themselves in a country of beautiful diversity.

For all of the energy that the far right has demonstrated - and for all of the support that they receive from institutional conservatives in the GOP and affiliated organizations - the United States is experiencing an upsurge in left-wing social movements unlike any other in the past half-century, with roots not in the Democratic Party but Occupy Wall Street and Black Lives Matter. Drawing on his original reporting as well as archival research, O’Connor investigates how the capitalist class and the radical right mobilize racism to defend their interests....

From the award-winning author of Soldier Girls and Just Like Us, an “extraordinary” (The Denver Post) account of refugee teenagers at a Denver public high school and their compassionate teacher and “a reminder that in an era of nativism, some Americans are still breaking down walls and...

José, a valet attendant from Monterrey, Mexico, arrives in Las Vegas with a heart full of hope and a dream of success. Leaving behind his family, he steps into the glittering city of opportunity, where fortunes are made as quickly as they’re lost. Drawn to roulette—a game of chance and calculated risk—José sees it as a reflection of his own journey. But when the pressures of survival mount, he faces a moral crossroads: a daring scheme to manipulate roulette chips that could make or break his future.

Stories of hope, love and compassion from a bygone era of Singapore's historyLittle Drops: Cherished Children of Singapore’s Past is a compilation of biographies based on historical fact about the pain of separation and the lure of love, and how these themes constantly collide. These...

Als Papa-Kind ohne Papa nimmt uns Parshad in ihrem ersten Hörbuch Papa weg, Mama müde, ich laut mit durch ihr rasantes Leben und erzählt, was ihre Sehnsucht nach männlicher Validierung mit Safranreis und Frankfurt am Main zu tun hat. Während die Nachbarsmädchen alle 330 Pferderassen kennen, sind die Frauen in Parshads Familie Expertinnen der Einsamkeit. Sie sind es, die die Familie zusammenhalten, während die Männer ständig für Ärger sorgen. Heute sieht die Entertainerin es als ihren Lebenssinn, Menschen zum Lachen zu bringen und damit die Welt zu einem besseren Ort zu machen.

Like many immigrants before him, Torres Medina sets out to do the job American-born citizens won’t: make the US immigration process accessible, relatable, and, hey, a little bit funny. With an outsider’s eye, an insider’s affection, and a biting, humorous flair, Torres Medina invites listeners from all passport lines to explore the multiple paths and potholes of moving to America, and experience just how many choices it takes to choose a new home.

Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award, and a New Yorker best book of 2024, a “startling glimpse into the meatpacking industry’s abuse of undocumented and incarcerated workers” (The New York Times Book Review) and those who had the courage to fight back. On June 27, 2011, a...

As Jacob Hornberger details in this primer, there is one solution to this border morass. That solution is “open borders” — genuine open borders — that is, the dissolution of the Border Patrol, ICE, and all restrictions on the free movements of goods, services, and people across our international borders. This book shows that not only are open borders the only solution to the ongoing, never-ending, perpetual crisis, chaos, suffering, death, and immigration police state along the border, they are also the only solution that is consistent with religious, free-market, and moral principles as well.

A lo largo de nuestras vidas, no ha habido nada más que caos constante, crisis, muerte y sufrimiento en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México. Existe una razón sencilla para este fenómeno: el sistema de inmigración estadounidense se basa en el principio socialista de la planificación central, lo cual produce un “caos planificado”. Para enfrentar este caos, los funcionarios estadounidenses han impuesto un estado policial migratorio en las zonas fronterizas, el cual ha destruido la libertad y la privacidad y que ahora se está expandiendo a nivel nacional.

Als Ahmed Aboutaleb op zijn vijftiende van Marokko naar Den Haag verhuist, weet hij één ding zeker: als je hier mee wilt doen, moet je de taal spreken en onderaan de ladder beginnen. Hij leert Nederlands, schrijft zich in bij de lts en werkt in de horeca. Per toeval komt hij in de journalistiek terecht. Als zijn contract niet wordt verlengd, besluit hij met zijn vrouw Khaddouj dat het tijd wordt voor meer vastigheid met hun jonge gezin. Hij gaat aan de slag als ambtenaar en maakt daarna een overstap naar adviesraden voor de regering.

Cartel Bands On takes a deep dive into the realities of the American immigration system. Written by a retired Border Patrol Agent, this book combines factual analysis with firsthand experiences from the author's career. With a clear and accessible approach, it explores the history and laws governing immigration while providing a closer look at what both legal and illegal migrants encounter upon entering the country. Listeners are invited to challenge their assumptions and critically assess whether the system is truly broken. If it is, how should it be fixed?

Every day, approximately one thousand people make the desperate decision to leave everything they know and love, embarking on a perilous journey toward the United States. Crossing Lines takes you inside their world—not through statistics or political rhetoric, but through the intimate, unforgettable stories of four individuals whose courage, sacrifice, and determination reveal the true human cost of our immigration crisis.

Harvesting Injustice exposes how America's H-2A visa program—designed to protect temporary agricultural workers—has become a sophisticated mechanism for legal exploitation. Drawing from his family's multigenerational experience with agricultural labor programs, author Juan Rodriguez Aceves reveals the invisible chains binding hundreds of thousands of workers who feed America.

In the style of Crying in H Mart and Minor Feelings, filmmaker Jill Damatac blends memoir, food writing, and colonial history as she cooks her way through recipes from her native-born Philippines and shares stories of her undocumented family in America. Jill Damatac left the United States in...

Ernesto Castañeda y Daniel Jenks explican las razones de la migración juvenil de Centroamérica, describen el viaje y documentan cómo los menores experimentaron la separación de sus familias y su posterior reunión. Señalan que los jóvenes que tienen sentimientos de pertenencia se integran rápida y fácilmente.

In Borders and Belonging, Hiroshi Motomura offers a complex and fair-minded account of immigration, its root causes, and the varying responses to it. Taking stock of the issue's complexity, while giving credence to the opinions of immigration critics, he tackles a series of important questions that, when answered, will move us closer to a more realistic and sustainable immigration policy. Motomura begins by affirming a basic concept.