Immigration, refugees and labor: Thom goes into a deep dive with listeners on the tragedy of the crisis on the Southern Border. Also reviewing the first Democratic debate, Thom shares insights on immigration and more with Jim Allen and the Bricklayers D

Thom reviews the 10 Stages of Genocide of Genocide Watch as a prelude to his study on the brutal experience of refugees from South of the Border. What is really happening at the camps for detained migrant children? Have things really gotten this bad in America and what can we do to stop it? Callers respond. - Thom reflects on the now famous but heartbreaking photograph of the dead bodies of Oscar Alberto Martnez and his 23-month-old daughter, Angie Valeria. Found face down on the banks of the Rio Grande River they were fleeing violence and crippling drought from Global Climate Change. - For the Book Club, Thom reads from "All the World's a Stage" by Dennis Weaver with Foreword by Thom Hartmann. - Joining Jim Allen and the Bricklayers District Council in Chicago, Thom reviews the highlights from the first Democratic debate with a discussion of how Ronald Reagan changed enforcement of the employment of migrants and the impact on organized labor.