Are current policies adequate for today’s immigrant experience? How is modern immigration different from that of previous generations? By examining the immigrant experience of various ethnic and religious groups throughout U.S. history, the book Immigrant Struggles, Immigrant Gifts demonstrates that the same patterns of native resistance, immigrant struggles, and contributions have occurred repeatedly. This panel discussion features historian Deborah Dash Moore, Constitutional Law expert William Ross, and policy analyst Alex Nowrasteh of the Cato Institute.
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Arts
The Cuban Connection
Richard Blanco is the first immigrant, the first Latino, the first openly gay person and the youngest person to be the U.S. inaugural poet.
History
Charles Sumner at 200: The Tradition of Civil Rights in America
Beverly Morgan-Welch of the Museum of African American History and Daniel Coquillette of Harvard Law School discuss Sumner's significance in America's ongoing struggle for civil rights.
Politics
MONEY, LIES AND GOD
Why have so many Americans turned against democracy? How did we get to the point where an organized political movement within the U.S. is working to bring down its own democratic system? These are the questions that journalist Katherine Stewart grapples with, in her new NYT bestselling book, Money, Lies and God.