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Originalists are Misreading the Constitution’s Silence on Abortion

The originalist case for lifting abortion restrictions.

by Laura Briggs via Made By History on May 3, 2022
America’s Long History of Imprisoning Children

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

by Laura Briggs via Literary Hub on June 19, 2020

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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.

by Hari Kunzru via New York Review of Books on June 9, 2021

America’s Long War on Children and Families

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.

by Paul M. Renfro via Boston Review on June 22, 2020

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