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The internet is flooded with comments and critiques of Alex Tizon’s explosive essay in The Atlantic. Here’s a primer on the conversation.

Trafficking is now the third-largest international criminal activity, with $32 billion annually in profit, and millions of people affected. And it’s growing. Across Women’s Lives tells this story by giving voice to the women themselves in a 12-part, global multimedia series that starts May 18.

President Donald Trump wants to stop illegal immigration at the southern border. More than 100 years ago, many Americans were trying to get into Mexico, illegally, to escape slavery.

There’s a fiction about Irish immigrants circulating on and among white supremacist sites and groups. But there are people trying to correct the historical record.

One of the first black deans at a university in South Africa says Georgetown’s decision to offer preferred admission to descendants of slaves is “beautiful” — but only the beginning of a process.