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It was family separation and “kids in cages” that drove Sarah Towle to the U.S. southern border. On discovering the many-headed hydra that is the U.S. immigration system—and the heroic determination of those caught under its knee—she could never look away again. Crossing the Line: Finding America in the Borderlands charts Sarah’s journey from outrage to activism to abolition as she exposes, layer by “broken” layer, the global deterrence to detention to deportation complex that is failing everyone—save the profiteers and demagogues who benefit from it.

In these captivating, compelling, sometimes tragic, yet always uplifting tales of humanity from the borderlands, host Sarah Towle, author of Crossing the Line: Finding America in the Borderlands, spotlights the extraordinary efforts of ordinary heroes to tear down the walls that divide us.It's David meets Goliath in the age of global apartheid. But can the monster be slain this time?Global nomad and ally to all, Sarah believes that "if you knew, you'd be outraged too!" Her tales of humanity from borderlands, worldwide, lift up the heroes still flying the tattered flag of values espoused in the...