Dispatches from Arizona—the front line of a massive human migration—including
the voices of migrants, Border Patrol, ranchers, activists, and others.
"A humane, sensitive, and informative perspective on a current
and controversial topic." —Ana Castillo, author of The
Guardians
"This book should be required reading for everyone—from President
Obama and the director of Homeland Security to the Border Patrol agents,
the vigilantes, and migrant rights activists. If people on both sides
of the immigration issue picked up this book instead of arms, we would
come to a peaceful resolution; it gave me inspiration."
—Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street
Read the prologue.
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titles for understanding the immigration debate.
"Bravo to Gail Dines! She exposes a huge problem of our time that
few people are willing to confront. Dines follows the extensive money
trail, uncovering the role of corporate duplicity and greed, while showing
how steadily pornography has infiltrated into everyday life from almost
cradle to grave." —Diane Levin, coauthor of So Sexy, So Soon
Read an the chapter 6: Growing Up
Female in a Porn Culture.
"Presents the latest science in the most accessible format and
faces typically skirted issues head-on, all while serving up practical
advice and abundant hope. The evidence and perspectives offered by this
valuable book will pave the way to more frank and frequent talk about
race." —Barbara Fredrickson, author of Positivity
"The definitive account of America's most fascinating and surreal
disaster." —John Marr, San Francisco Bay Guardian
"Giving a human face to tragedy is part of the brilliance of Stephen
Puleo's Dark Tide . . . Until they were given voice in this book, the
characters who drove the story were forgotten." —Caroline Leavitt,
Boston Sunday Globe
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