Mission to Destroy Public Education Rebrands Under COVID-19

Understanding the Christian Homeschooling Movement

As we speculate about the ways that our world will be different when we emerge from the global COVID-19 pandemic, it’s important to keep…

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Best Interests: How Child Welfare Serves as a Tool of White Supremacy

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The horrifying spectacle of mass detention, family separation, and the forced transfer of non-White children into White homes all recall important parts of U.S. history.

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The New War On The Indian Child Welfare Act

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The story on NPR’s website first introduces the Buckley-Becker family with a beautiful portrait of the young, middle-class, White couple and their children. In the photo, the father, Paul Buckley, holds their toddler son Mason, whom he and his wife…

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The Adoption Crunch, the Christian Right, and the Challenge to Indian Sovereignty

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While the demand for adoptable babies is increasing in the United States—driven in large part by evangelical Christians—the number of babies available for adoption is declining. Adoption agencies are now targeting tribal nations as a potential new…

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When the “Family Values” Agenda Includes Child Sex Abuse

The exposure of widespread sex abuse by Roman Catholic clergy—and of the subsequent cover-ups by church leaders—has rocked the Catholic church for more than a decade. Less well known, though closely analogous, is the issue of widespread abuse within…

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Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Race and Child Care in Mississippi

Jean V. Hardisty challenges simplistic understandings of racism in her new report, Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Race and Child Care in Mississippi. Founder and president emerita of Political Research Associates, Hardisty analyzes how the…

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Profiles on the Right: "No Greater Joy" and the Pearl Family

Hana’s death was the third confirmed case of an adopted child murdered by parents who followed the teachings of No Greater Joy Ministries (NGJ), founded by Christian fundamentalists Michael and Debi Pearl.

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NOM-Rhode Island's Marriage "Big Lie"

As lawmakers in Rhode Island move toward passing marriage equality, National Organization for Marriage-Rhode Island (NOM-RI) responded with a series of very familiar newspaper ads and personal mailings warning voters of the “consequences” of…

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Largest National Adoption Agency Teams Up With Anti-Choice Media Group

The largest U.S.-based adoption agency and an anti-choice media group have teamed up to produce a television advertisement targeting women considering abortion. According to Christian News, Heroic Media and Bethany Christian Services began working…

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