I'm mad at Kelly Lytle ?Hernández. Every time I pick up something she's written, I can't put it down. ?I've lost hours, days, sleep, missed deadlines and appointments, made my kids late to school reading? Migra! ?and ?City of Inmates , and, now, Bad Mexicans . Her writing is like a drug, riveting, intoxicating, vivid. And she's a damned historian! I come away from reading Kelly's writing exhilarated and inspired.--Robin D. G. Kelley, author of Thelonious Monk An award-winning, internationally acclaimed scholar, Kelly Lytle Hernández delivers historical analysis with clear relevance in today's sociopolitical climate.

A leading voice on issues ranging from immigration to policing to the criminal justice system more broadly, her work is known for empowering a wide range of communities, providing the necessary historical framing to build synergy among some of today's most daring social movements.--Heather Anne Thompson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Blood in the Water Kelly Lytle Hernández is one of the most compelling historians in her field. Synthesizing the complexities of race, gender, and ethnicity into the fabric of living history, her work sheds light on today's crucial issues and her passion has the capacity to not only inform but to change minds.--Michael Eric Dyson, New York Times best-selling author of What Truth Sounds Like Kelly Lytle Hernández writes history and makes history. She ?is one of the most admired and respected historians of Mexican-American history and the United States. Conveying deep archival research in a compelling, accessible narrative, she breathes life into history.--Vicki Lynn Ruiz, winner of the National Humanities Medal In this sweeping cross-border narrative, Lytle-Hernández places the Magón brothers and the Mexican Revolution squarely at the heart of U.S.

history--revealing not only the centrality of Mexicans to the U.S. story but also the currents of imperialism, racial violence, and political suppression that have shaped the United States as we know it today. In Bad Mexicans , Lytle-Hernández displays the skills of a deep thinker, a powerful storyteller, and an assiduous and implacable researcher.--Natalia Molina, MacArthur Fellow and author of A Place at the Nayarit.