Secrets of the Civil War: North Toward Freedom

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The Long History of Demonizing Immigrants: From the Great Depression to Today

Before ICE raids, there were pamphlets warning Americans about immigrant "peasants" stealing their jobs and "hell ships" dumping people into the Mexican desert with no food, water, or way to reach their families. Sharon looks back at the parallels between the mass deportations of ...  Show more

Elyse Myers’ New Book and Harriet Tubman’s Faith

You might know her as the woman who got dragged to a taco bell where her date ordered one hundred tacos and she got stuck paying for them. Elyse Myers’ hilarious re-telling of that story launched her career, and now she’s out with a new book, That’s a Great Question, I’d Love to ...  Show more

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