Illegal Immigration: It's About Power

Activists suggest that all “colonized” land should be returned to the previous owners. Is it really that simple? Michael Knowles has thoughts. 

Is climate change an existential crisis? Judith Curry, former Chair of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has spent her career studying this question. Her answer might surprise you.Take the pledge to stop climate misinformation an ... Show More

Should we judge people by the color of their skin or by their actions? The answer to this question was once obvious. Not anymore. Andre Archie, professor of philosophy at Colorado State University, explains why. 

Decades of failed compromise and stalled deals in Washington have led to a broken immigration system with a tremendous human cost. With roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants currently in the US, and more in search of a better life, immigration is one of the biggest policy ch ... Show More

What you are seeing this week with the clamor by both parties to pander to illegal aliens is the most profound violation of the most foundational tenet of the social compact.  The job of government officials is to protect the American people from open borders and the ill effects ... Show More

<p>How did the US immigration debate get to be so divisive? In this informative talk, historian and writer Paul A. Kramer shows how an “insider vs. outsider” framing has come to dominate the way people in the US talk about immigration -- and suggests a set of new questions that c ... Show More

<p>The political debates over immigration can generate a lot of fuzzy facts. We wanted to test Americans’ knowledge — so, to wrap up our <a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast-tag/the-true-story-of-americas-supremely-messed-up-immigration-system">special series on immigration< ... Show More

The Biden administration is dealing with the surge of migrants at the border seeking asylum and the horrifying treatment from Border Patrol agents. CNN Political Director David Chalian discusses why both Republicans and Democrats are critical of how the administration has handled ... Show More