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Fonda Shen | Humbled by the Inadequacy of Empathy
By Fonda Shen “Can you imagine, she asked, what it means to spend eight hours a day standing up to your waist in the mortadella cooking water? Can you imagine, she asked, what it means to have your fingers covered… Continue Reading
Bernard E. Harcourt | Abolishing the “Child Welfare” Ordeal
By Bernard E. Harcourt We were “state children,” court wards; [the judge] had the full say-so over us. A white man in charge of a black man’s children! Nothing but legal, modern slavery—however kindly intentioned. — Malcolm X, The Autobiography… Continue Reading