in fact, today's work is called the consequences by manuel munoz. z's own experience working in the fields alongside his parents and siblings as a child. munoz's body of work one novel and three short story collections in total, explores these stories, even included in a swath of removals from the shelves in some arizona schools. after a 2010 lawd mexican-american studies. broken down into ten short stories, the consequences takes place in california's central valley in the 1980s. the frank stories depict mexican and mexican american laborers, their families, their enemies, and their communities. la migra, the informal spanish term for u.s. immigration forces, hangs like a spirit over each story, sometimes seen but always felt in 20 or so pages per story, the reader becomes connected to munoz's characters children too young to be left alone, waiting on front front porch steps, hardened women, naive women, kind men who provide safety with a ride home. men with a build a rich world. the consequences is masterfully written, with subtle details, nuanced

in those fruit and almond fields where manuel munoz's connection of a collection of short stories called the consequences takes place, and where a young munoz, his siblings and his parents all worked. the consequences depicts the realities of life for so many families, from the physical toll of the labor to the ruthless roundup by la migra. the consequences is an unflinching work that every american should read right now, so don't miss this painfully timely meeting of the banned book club, featuring the consequences and the award winning author manuel munoz. that tomorrow at 10 a.m. eastern. i hope you'll join us. that's tonight's last word. the 11th hour starts now. >> tonight, pete hegseth. >> is narrowly. >> confirmed as trump's. secretary of defense, with. >> the. >> vice president breaking. >> a tie. >> the president hints at scrapping fema even as he tours areas hit by massive floods and wildfires. plus crackdown. >> on illegal immigration. >> the administration steps up raids, arrests and deportation flights, even targeting some migrants who are here legally. as the 11th hour gets

it is in those fruit and almond fields where manuel munoz's connection of collection of short stories, called the consequences, takes place, and where a young munoz, his siblings and his parents all worked. the consequences depicts the realities of life for so many families, from the physical toll of the labor to the ruthless roundup by la migra. the consequences is an unflinching work that every american should read right now, so don't miss this painfully timely meeting of the velshi banned book club, featuring the consequences and the award winning author manuel munoz. that tomorrow at 10 a.m. eastern. i hope you'll join us. that's tonight's last word. the 11th hour starts now. >> tonight, pete hegseth is narrowly confirmed as trump's secretary of defense, with the vice president breaking a tie. the president hints at scrapping fema even as he tours areas hit by massive floods and wildfires. plus crackdown on illegal immigration. the administration steps up raids, arrests and deportation flights, even targeting some migrants who are here legally. as the 11th hour gets underway on th

it is in those fruit and almond fields where manuel munoz's connection of collection of short stories, called the consequences, takes place, and where a young munoz, his siblings and his parents all worked. the consequences depicts the realities of life for so many families, from the physical toll of the labor to the ruthless roundup by la migra. the consequences is an unflinching work that every american should read right now, so don't miss this painfully timely meeting of the velshi banned book club, featuring the consequences and the award winning author manuel munoz. that tomorrow at 10 a.m. eastern. i hope you'll join us. that's tonight's last word. the 11th hour starts now. >> tonight, pete hegseth is narrowly confirmed as trump's secretary of defense, with the vice president breaking a

it is in those fruit and almond fields where manuel munoz's connection of a collection of short storiesties of life for so many families, from the physical toll of the labor to the ruthless roundup by la migra. the consequences is an unflinching work that every american should read right now, so don't miss this painfully timely meeting of the banned book club, featuring the consequences and the award winning author manuel munoz. that tomorrow at 10 a.m. eastern. i hope you'll join us. that's tonight's last word. the 11th hour starts now. >> tonight, pete hegseth. >> is narrowly. >> confirmed as trump's. secretary of defense, with. >> the. >> vice president breaking. >> a tie. >> the president hints at scrapping fema even as he tours areas hit by massive floods and

it is in those fruit and almond fields where manuel munoz is connection of collection of short storiesled the consequences takes place, and where a young munoz, his siblings and his parents all worked. the consequences depicts the realities of life for so many families, from the physical toll of the labor to the ruthless roundup by la migra. the consequences is an unflinching work that every american should read right now, so don't miss this painfully timely meeting of the velshi banned book club, featuring the consequences and the award winning author manuel munoz. that tomorrow at 10 a.m. that tomorrow at 10 a.m. eastern. i hope you'll that tomorrow at 10 a.m. eastern. i hope you'll and i'm supposed to be forgiving? i have to work on that one. stephanie connell: they just loved to be together. mickie keller: she was so shy, so timid. john connell: he was the life of the party.

it is in those fruit and almond fields where manuel munoz is connection of collection of short stories called the consequences takes place, and where a young munoz, his siblings and his parents all worked. the consequences depicts the realities of life for so many families, from the physical toll of the labor to the ruthless roundup by la migra. the consequences is an unflinching work that every american should read right now, so don't miss this painfully timely meeting of the velshi banned book club, featuring the consequences and the award winning author manuel munoz. that tomorrow at 10 a.m. that tomorrow at 10 a.m. eastern. i hope you'll that tomorrow at 10 a.m. eastern. i hope you'll and i'm supposed to be forgiving? i have to work on that one. stephanie connell: they just loved to be together. mickie keller: she was so shy, so timid. john connell: he was the life of the party. totally in love with each other. kelly richards: he was face down on the ground. she was bleeding very heavily from the back of her head. it looked like an execution. the only thing we had to pursue is this

manuel munoz is the newest member of the banned book club. he is, of course, the author of today's feature, the consequences. that does it for me. thank you for watching. catch me back here tomorrow morning from 10 a.m. to noon eastern. it's almost lunchtime. i'm told there's rotisserie chicken o'clock, but as i go to figure that out, you all stay put because the katie phang show starts right now. >> this is the katie phang show live from telemundo studios in miami, florida. the purge begins trump's late night firing of at least a dozen independent inspectors general, clearing the way to install maga loyalists across key federal oversight jobs. plus, you can keep it. why? one woman is saying no thanks to donald trump's pardon for her actions on january 6th, and what she says broke her from the spell of the maga cult. then the best and the brightest. busting trump's american meritocracy myth, and why his choice to dump dei initiatives across the federal government will attract less qualified candidates to serve the public and later tabled for

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