As the Biden administration sets a new course for immigration, the Center for Brooklyn History and the New York Immigration Coalition present a conversation about the ideas underpinning our attitudes towards immigration, the policies and rhetoric of the last three decades, and the possibilities for a new future. Join panelists Masha Gessen, author, activist, and winner of the 2017 National Book Award for Nonfiction; Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and novelist Ayad Akhtar; immigration scholar and expert Mae M. Ngai who is Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies and Professor of History at Columbia University; and Anu Joshi, Vice President of Policy at the New York Immigration Coalition for this conversation led by journalist, translator, and activist John Washington, author of the book Dispossessed and a regular contributor to The Nation and The Intercept.
