family separation

The author of a book about William Still unearths new details about the leading Black abolitionist—and reflects on his lost legacy.

The system's roots aren't in rescuing children, but in the policing of Black, Indigenous, and poor families.

In June 1942, Kenji and just over one hundred other children were taken from their parents and relocated to Manzanar.

Though the cruelties of the Trump administration’s “Zero Tolerance” policy were unique, they were part of an American tradition of taking children from parents.

Early in the Cuban Revolution, my mother made a consequential decision.

Trump’s family separation policy belongs to a much longer history of U.S. government forces taking children from families that don't match the American ideal.

Through slavery, Indian boarding schools, Japanese internment, mass incarceration, and anti-Communist wars against civilian populations in Latin America.

New Year's Day used to be widely known as "Hiring Day" or "Heartbreak Day"

Strengthening family ties has been key to overcoming nativism — and in 2020, it can do so again.

When the government executed Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the welfare of their two boys was a secondary concern.

To preserve the political and cultural preeminence of white Americans against a tide of demographic change, the administration has settled on a policy of systemic child abuse.

The outrage over family separation creates an opportunity to reverse the bipartisan consensus that has long victimized immigrants.

The language that has long been critical to covertly mobilizing activism.

But they didn’t always oppose ripping kids from their parents.

I was sent to a camp at just 5 years old — but even then, they didn't separate children from families.

Last Seen is recovering stories of families separated in the domestic slave trade. The following explains how the project engages with these family histories.

Journalist Rachel Nolan investigates tens of thousands of forced adoptions and the U.S. policy that enabled them.

A new book gets inside Guatemala’s international adoption industry and the complicated context of deciding a child’s welfare.

Cold War America resettled unaccompanied minors as an anti-communist imperative. Today, the nation forgets this history.

A new book exposes effects of anti-Black myth-making and calls for an end to the family policing system.