Four months ago, immigration reform seemed imminent — now what?

Rep. Luis Gutierrez on immigration reform, government shutdown

The congressman, a Democrat from Illinois, was arrested this week while protesting for immigration reform. He will join Consider This host Antonio Mora to discuss what's going on in Washington, D.C.

Workers tell how they are affected by the shutdown

Tim Russell, who is waiting for a federal license for his rum distillery, Kelly Steele-Moore, the marketing director of the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad, which has ceased operations because of the government shutdown, and Natasha Rozier, a furloughed US Census Bureau worker, join Antonio Mora to explain how the federal shutdown is affecting their work.

Another boat of migrants capsizes off Italian coast

Bill Frelick, the director of Human Rights Watch's refugee program, and Bereket Stephanos, an Eritrean immigrant to the US, join Antonio Mora to discuss Friday's boat accident in the Mediterranean Sea. This incident, which has left at least 27 people dead, happened little more than a week after another similar boat accident.

Comic books share tales of war, conflict

Mark Daniels, the director of the documentary "Comic Books Go to War," and cartoonist and writer Ted Rall will join Antonio Mora to talk about a more journalistic side to cartooning.