News & Public Affairs

The History of Immigration to the US and A Possible Transit Referendum in Pinellas County?

Listen to this entire show:

Tags: immigration, Know Nothing Party, German, Irish, Italian, Greek, Black West Indian, Diane Portnoy

Good morning, welcome to radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up—tomorrow there’s vote on whether to hold a transit referendum in Pinellas County. We’ll talk about that later. And what’s the history of immigration to the US? A new book explores the problems facing Irish, German, Italian, Chinese, Jewish, Muslim, Black west Indian and other ethnic groups when they emigrated to the US. But first- a listener comment. Last Friday – in discussing tonight’s new PBS Frontline documentary on the Wall...