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How Anita Bryant Helped Spawn Florida's LGBTQ Culture War
Florida’s Parental Rights in Education law, dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, is part of a long legacy of anti-gay rhetoric and legislation in the state.
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Jillian Eugenios
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NBC News
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April 13, 2022
The “Benevolent Terror” of the Child Welfare System
The system's roots aren't in rescuing children, but in the policing of Black, Indigenous, and poor families.
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Dorothy E. Roberts
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Nia T. Evans
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Boston Review
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March 31, 2022
Why Teachers Are Afraid to Teach History
The attacks on CRT have terrified our educators. But the public school system has always made it hard to teach controversial subjects.
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Rachel Cohen
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The New Republic
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March 28, 2022
Why the School Wars Still Rage
From evolution to anti-racism, parents and progressives have clashed for a century over who gets to tell our origin stories.
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Jill Lepore
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The New Yorker
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March 10, 2022
The Book That Unleashed American Grief
John Gunther’s “Death Be Not Proud” defied a nation’s reluctance to describe personal loss.
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Deborah Cohen
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The Atlantic
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March 8, 2022
The Hidden Mothers of Family Photos
The female image is ubiquitous on social media, yet when it comes to pictures of parents with their children many moms feel disappeared.
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Lauren Collins
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The New Yorker
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February 12, 2022
Sluts and the Founders
Understanding the meaning of the word "slut" in the Founders' vocabulary.
by
Alexis Coe
via
Study Marry Kill
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January 26, 2022
'I Long Regretted Bitterly, and Still Regret That I Had Not Given It To Him'
Benjamin Franklin's writing about losing his son to smallpox is a must-read for parents weighing COVID-19 vaccines today.
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Olivia B. Waxman
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TIME
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November 2, 2021
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The Pandemic has Exacerbated the Transformation of Grandparenthood
While our perceptions of grandparents have remained static, we've asked them to do a lot more.
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Sarah Stoller
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Made By History
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October 18, 2021
What Happened to Peanut Butter and Jelly?
The rise and fall of the iconic sandwich has paralleled changes in Americans' economic conditions.
by
Steve Estes
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Ashawnta Jackson
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JSTOR Daily
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July 8, 2021
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Special Education: The 50-Year Fight for the Right to Learn
Today’s special education system was shaped five decades ago, when parents fought for disabled children’s right to learn.
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Karen M. Sughrue
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Michael Kranz
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Heru Muharrar
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Retro Report
on
June 24, 2021
As American as Family Separation
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.
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Hari Kunzru
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New York Review of Books
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June 9, 2021
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Anti-Trans Legislation has Never Been About Protecting Children
The roots of “protecting children” in U.S. political rhetoric lie in efforts to defend white supremacy.
by
Nikita Shepard
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Made By History
on
May 10, 2021
Abolishing the Suburbs
On Kyle Riismandel’s “Neighborhood of Fear: The Suburban Crisis in American Culture, 1975–2001.”
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David Helps
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Los Angeles Review of Books
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April 13, 2021
The Untold Story of Queer Foster Families
In the 1970s, social workers in several states placed queer teenagers with queer foster parents, in discrete acts of quiet radicalism.
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Michael Waters
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The New Yorker
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February 28, 2021
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How Fear of the Measles Vaccine Took Hold
We’re still dealing with the repercussions of a discredited 1998 study that sowed fear and skepticism about vaccines.
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Retro Report
on
October 15, 2019
The Long History of Parents Complaining About Their Kids’ Homework
“The child is made to study far, far beyond his physical strength.”
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Rebecca Onion
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Slate
on
October 4, 2019
The Parents of Curious George
Margret and Hans A. Rey, the reluctant parents of a cartoon ape-child, always yearned to leave children’s literature behind.
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Yuliya Komska
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Los Angeles Review of Books
on
July 29, 2019
For Some, School Integration Was More Tragedy Than Fairy Tale
Almost 60 years later, a mother regrets her decision to send her 6-year-old into a hate-filled environment.
by
Jarvis Deberry
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nola.com
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May 29, 2019
partner
America Once Led the Push For Parental Rights. Now It Lags Behind.
It’s time to adopt paid parental leave as a right.
by
Dorothy Sue Cobble
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Mona L. Siegel
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Made By History
on
February 8, 2019
What the Popularity of 'Fortnite' Has in Common With the 20th Century Pinball Craze
Long before parents freaked over the ubiquitous video game, they flipped out over another newfangled fad.
by
Clive Thompson
via
Smithsonian
on
November 29, 2018
An Irrevocable Separation
When the government executed Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the welfare of their two boys was a secondary concern.
by
Robert Meeropol
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The Marshall Project
on
July 2, 2018
partner
What We Get Wrong About the Poverty Gap In Education
Poor children don't struggle in school because of their parents. They struggle because of poverty.
by
Mical Raz
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Made By History
on
July 2, 2018
What It Means to Be a 'Good' Father in America Has Changed. Here's How.
"I think the key change for the invention of the modern father is in the 1920s," says historian Robert L. Griswold.
by
Olivia B. Waxman
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TIME
on
June 15, 2018
‘Candy Aspirin,’ Safety Caps, and the History of Children’s Drugs
The development, use, and marketing of medications for children in the 20th century.
by
Cynthia Connolly
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Penn Today
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May 22, 2018
The Measles Vaccine Came From His Body. He Went Anti-vax. Not Anymore.
As a boy, David Edmonston was the source of today’s measles vaccine. Now he regrets vaccine doubts.
by
Marc Fischer
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Washington Post
on
March 12, 2025
Which Celebrities Popularized (or Tarnished) Baby Names? A Statistical Analysis
Which public figures impacted baby naming trends?
by
Daniel Parris
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Stat Significant
on
January 8, 2025
How Jimmy Carter Lost Evangelical Christians to the Right
The Baptist Georgia governor won evangelical Christian voters in the 1976 presidential election. Next time around, those voters changed sides—for the long haul.
by
Chris Lehmann
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The Nation
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December 30, 2024
partner
Exit, Pursued by a Stork
When the 1930 Hays Code banned pregnancy in film, birds took over the business of birth.
by
Victoria Sturtevant
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HNN
on
December 17, 2024
‘Childless Cat Ladies’ Have Long Contributed to the Welfare of American Children − and the Nation
Criticisms of women without biological children define motherhood too narrowly, as history reveals the many forms of motherhood.
by
Anya Jabour
via
The Conversation
on
October 21, 2024
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