She arrived in the U.S. as an 11-year-old refugee, then rose to become Secretary of State. Her views on immigration, nationalism, and borders, from this 2015 interview, are almost strangely appropriate to the present moment.
Apr 2021
Allison B. Wolf, "Just Immigration in the Americas: A Feminist Account" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2020)
Allison B. Wolf's Just Immigration in the Americas: A Feminist Account (Rowman and Littlefield, 2020) proposes a pioneering, interdisciplinary, feminist approach to immigration justice, which defines immigration justice as being about identifying and resisting global oppression i ... Show More
1h 14m
Jun 2022
Fiona Hill, foreign affairs specialist
Fiona Hill is a foreign affairs specialist who advised Presidents George W Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump. She came to wider public attention in 2019 when she testified against President Trump during his first impeachment.Fiona was born in Bishop Auckland, County Durham. Her ... Show More
35m 22s
Jul 2022
115/ Seeking Refuge on the World's Deadliest Migration Route w/ Sally Hayden
<p>This is a conversation with <a href="https://sallyhayden.net/" target="_blank">Sally Hayden</a>, an Irish journalist and writer. A foreign correspondent, she has reported from Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda and Rwanda. Her book <a href="https://sallyhayden.net/2022/01/02/my-fourth-ti ... Show More
1h 5m
May 2024
Special Live Event: Ray Suarez on Being American in the 21st Century
Next Monday (5/13) at noon PT, we're hosting a special live event where Ray will peel back the curtain on his latest book, We Are Home: Becoming American in the 21st Century. He'll be joined in conversation by the amazing Ali Noorani, Director of the U.S. Democracy Program at T ... Show More
4m 42s
May 2023
A Big Policy Change at the Border
<p>For the past three years, the United States has relied on Title 42, a pandemic restriction that has allowed the swift expulsion of many migrants at the southern border. But by the end of the week, that rule will expire.</p><p>Miriam Jordan, who covers immigration for The Times ... Show More
24m 37s
Jun 2021
Alice Elliot, "The Outside: Migration As Life in Morocco" (Indiana UP, 2021)
The Outside: Migration as Life in Morocco (Indiana UP, 2021) traces how migration has come to occupy a striking place in the lives of many Moroccans. A full 10 percent of the population now lives outside the country, affecting individual and collective life in countless unanticip ... Show More
59m 8s
Apr 2019
Start the Week gets emotional at the Free Thinking Festival
Harriet Shawcross is a film-maker whose first book Unspeakable reflects on how, as a teenager, she stopped speaking at school for almost a year, communicating only when absolutely necessary. It mixes personal experience with travel diaries and interviews. Ambassador William J. Bu ... Show More
50m 58s
<div>Looking back at four years of Trump’s immigration policies. Plus, setting egg-spectations for Britain’s pubs under covid.</div><div><br></div><div>Read more:</div><div><br></div><div>In 2015, Donald Trump ran on the promise to overhaul immigration — a vow he made good on as ... Show More
