... irreconcilable. It portrays Mandela as a politician who made the profession seem noble, but who knew when and how to compromise. To many observers, he was premodern in that he was very much a product of the tribal tradition of a chief accountable to his people, making them all feel important and representing...

... In this chapter, Rosemarie discusses her mother’s love of (and knack for) telling ghost stories, and her ability to sense and see invisible presences around her. Mama Freeney’s abilities sometimes scared people, but she also knew how to handle and use those abilities for good. Ella Lee...

... This chapter focuses on the realities created by the securitization of U.S. immigration law. Deported 1.5-generation Salvadorans have found themselves essentially exiled from the homes and families that they knew in the United States. In El Salvador, they encounter a somewhat alien country where...

... An update to the collection, this essay considers the author’s experiences during summer 2015 teaching the classes pioneered by Connor Cotton and others. Earlier “generations” brought people some familiarity with the laptops, so many of them knew the basics. The author drew on this knowledge...

... the data as confirming things they already knew or thought. publics DNA tests ancestry ...

..., they reengineered the Laguna’s irrigation system to rely on an unbuilt dam and—to their growing alarm—on groundwater pumping they long knew depleted and contaminated the aquifer. The chapter demonstrates how the incompatibility of the two repartos compromised the long-term sustainability of Cardenista agrarian...

... agents connected live with their customers in the United States and United Kingdom while Gurgaon slept quietly outside the business district, and how the trainees digested the laws and work processes of other lands, practiced accents and cultural performances for people they never knew, and places...

... 55 years later. It looks at Castro’s socialist proclamation and relations with the Soviet Union, explores the Revolution’s achievements, errors, and current situation. This is a brief history lesson for US readers who never knew, or don’t remember, the events. It sets the stage for Haydée’s story...