Laila Lalami

author of “Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America” and professor of creative writing at UC Riverside

Laila Lalami on KCRW

Author Laila Lalami explores identity and belonging in her new memoir, “Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America.”

Laila Lalami on what happens when a US border agent gets to decide who looks like a citizen

Author Laila Lalami explores identity and belonging in her new memoir, “Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America.”

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

More from KCRW

Measure A – on LA County ballots this November – asks voters whether or not to approve a sales tax hike to fund homeless services and affordable housing.

from KCRW Features

The Irvine Police Department purchased a Tesla Cybertruck to promote its D.A.R.E drug program. But some taxpayers say the money should be spent elsewhere.

from KCRW Features

Four years after protesters called to defund the police, voters worried about crime are poised to toss out a reformer D.A. and pass a tough-on-crime bill.

from KCRW Features

At a time of book bans and the withholding of critically important struggles in our history, our education system has increasingly failed to provide our young with the tools to become…

from Scheer Intelligence

An audio folk story examining the tradition of Black watermelon long-haulers, who drive to farms in the South for watermelon and sell them in Black neighborhoods around the US.

from Special Programming

The CIA’s destructive role in world politics since the end of World War II as a secret rogue spy agency controlled by unelected intelligence officers has become so ubiquitous that it…

from Scheer Intelligence

In the midst of election season, conversations revolving around the levers of power become more frequent, and in the case of a U.S.

from Scheer Intelligence

Harris’ economic plan takes on price gouging. Where does Democratic “freedom” messaging leave Republicans? And the panel looks back at political freakouts.

from Left, Right & Center

In the 365 days following the events of Oct. 7, the situation in the Middle East is as complicated as ever.

from Scheer Intelligence