The Rational Middle

Chief Art Acevedo, Chief of Police for the Miami Police Department, joins host Loren Steffy to break open the harmful myth that immigrants and crime go hand in hand, and that this situation can be improved with greater involvement from local law enforcement.

Carola Suárez-Orozco (Distinguished Professor of Counseling and School Psychology at the University of Massachusetts Boston, as well as co-founder of Reimagining Migration) sits down with host Melissa Brannan to dissect the enduring myth that immigrant children represent a drain on the American education system.

Elena Marks (President and CEO of the Episcopal Health Foundation, as well as Nonresident Fellow in Health Policy at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy) and Loren Steffy discuss the common myth that immigrants burden the American healthcare system.

In this bonus episode of the Rational Middle Podcast, Jina Krause-Vilmar (President and CEO of Upwardly Global, a group that works to eliminate employment barriers for immigrant and refugee professionals) sits down with host Loren Steffy to shine a light on the unique challenges facing Afghan refugees, and some of the ways that U.S. hiring practices can be more responsive to the situation.

Ruth Milkman, Sociologist of labor and labor movements at CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies, sits down with host Chris Lyon to discuss the pervasive myth that immigrants steal Americans' jobs and steal drive down wages.

Consulting psychologist Karl Krumm kicks off our limited-series special, "Rational Middle Podcast: Mythbusting Edition," with a provocative discussion of confirmation bias and other traps to watch out for when trying to talk—productively—about contentious issues.

Guests Laura Goldberg (Center for Houston's Future) and Pamela Lizette Cruz (Baker Institute's Center for the United States and Mexico) unpack the published report on the results of a workshop on U.S. immigration policy held by the two Centers, in a conversation moderated by Loren Steffy (who was a workshop participant!)

Hosts Gregory Kallenberg and Chris Lyon give you the rundown on today's Solutions Summit, "Immigration Mythbusting." Join us and learn all about productive ways to bust immigration myths!

Daniel Tichenor, professor of Political Science and director of the Wayne Morse Center's Program for Democratic Governance at the University of Oregon, pops the hood on President Biden's apparent logjam on immigration reform—taking us on a tour of what such reform has looked like in decades prior in the process.