<p>If you like learning about the current news and improving your English for your next English conversation, this English lesson is for you. While watching a news clip about President Donald Trump sending 2500 troops and possibly a total of 10,000 tot the Mexican border, you will learn English phrasal verbs, English idioms,, and other advanced English vocab ... Show More
Jul 5
Shocking Idioms! #2 Will Twist Your Arm (Literally đ)
Want to sound more like a native English speaker? In this fun lesson, we explore 13 common idioms with the word âarmâ â like cost an arm and a leg and twist your arm. đ¤ŻYouâll learn what they mean, how to use them in real life, and see why English learners everywhere are up in ar ... Show More
19m 55s
Aug 2024
Ana Raquel Minian, âUndocumented Lives: The Untold Story of Mexican Migrationâ (Harvard UP, 2018)
In the 1970s, the Mexican government acted to alleviate rural unemployment by supporting the migration of able-bodied men. Millions crossed into the United States to find work that would help them survive as well as sustain their families in Mexico. They took low-level positions ... Show More
1h 5m
Jun 2024
1337 - U.S. Immigration Crisis: What It Really Means for Housing Markets and Investors by Lindsay Frankel
A record 300,000 migrants entered the U.S. through the southern border in December. Rather than trying to sneak past border agents, many surrendered to apply for asylum. Overwhelmed immigration courts take years to process these claims, and migrants are protected from deportation ... Show More
21m 6s
Jul 2023
Sofya Aptekar, "Green Card Soldier: Between Model Immigrant and Security Threat" (MIT Press, 2023)
While the popular image of the US military is one of citizen soldiers protecting their country, the reality is that nearly 5 percent of all first-time military recruits are noncitizens. Their reasons for enlisting are myriad, but many are motivated by the hope of gaining citizens ... Show More
1h 4m
Oct 2024
Brianna Nofil, "The Migrant's Jail: An American History of Mass Incarceration" (Princeton UP, 2024)
Today, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) detains an average of 37,000 migrants each night. To do so, they rely on, and pay for, the use of hundreds of local jails. But this is nothing new: the federal government has been detaining migrants in city and county jails for ... Show More
39m 39s
Apr 28
Full Show - Border Security, NFL Draft, Blues Playoffs, and White House Press Briefing
In Hour 1 of the Marc Cox Morning Show, Marc celebrates a big St. Louis Blues win and shares highlights from his own sporting clay tournament victory, including a meeting with NFL coach Mike Martz. The conversation shifts to major judicial and immigration controversies, including ... Show More
2h 9m
Sep 2023
Gilberto Rosas, "Unsettling: The El Paso Massacre, Resurgent White Nationalism, and the US-Mexico Border" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2023)
On August 3, 2019, a far-right extremist committed a deadly mass shooting at a major shopping center in El Paso, Texas, a city on the border of the United States and Mexico. In Unsettling, Gilberto Rosas situates this devastating shooting as the latest unsettling consequence of o ... Show More
44m 48s