POLITICS OF MIGRATION

Politics of Migration

Politics of Migration

Introduction

Bill Bishop is the author of "The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America Is Tearing Us Apart," talks about how the red and blue states that divide our country also divide our country's neighborhoods, and why that's ruining the nation.

Critical Summary

The "red" and "blue" states shown on television maps during the past several national elections depict a country in a static standoff. On this level, politics is a pastime of Risk. What will it obtain for Republicans to imprison Michigan? But citizens don't live in states. And those communities are not safety device ...