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Brett Kavanaugh Remains As Incorrigible as Ever Brett Kavanaugh Remains As Incorrigible as Ever

In a recent decision, the man who argued he shouldn’t be judged by his youthful indiscretions had no problem sending young people to prison for life without parole.

May 21, 2021 / Column / Elie Mystal

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‘It’s Like a Black Hole’: ICE Has Been Holding Kids in Indefinite Detention ‘It’s Like a Black Hole’: ICE Has Been Holding Kids in Indefinite Detention

The agency has sent an unknown number of teenagers to juvenile jails and won’t tell anyone why.

May 13, 2021 / 2021 Year in Review / Ashoka Mukpo

What ‘Girlhood’ Means in 2021

What ‘Girlhood’ Means in 2021 What ‘Girlhood’ Means in 2021

A conversation with Melissa Febos about her radical essays on youth and gender.

May 10, 2021 / Q&A / Naomi Gordon-Loebl

The Rise of Adjunct Lit

The Rise of Adjunct Lit The Rise of Adjunct Lit

How a bleak future in and out of the academy has produced a new kind of campus novel.

May 3, 2021 / 2021 Year in Review / Maggie Doherty

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How Covid-19 Supercharged a Foster System Crisis How Covid-19 Supercharged a Foster System Crisis

Parents are losing their kids as they struggle to navigate bureaucracies upended by the pandemic.

Mar 15, 2021 / Michelle Chen

Imani Perry

Parenting Through Sickness, Health, and Covid-19 Parenting Through Sickness, Health, and Covid-19

To avoid replicating this awful moment, our failures must become the source of our children’s political possibilities.

Mar 10, 2021 / Feature / Imani Perry

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Meet the Climate Kids Who Are Mobilizing a Generation of Parents Meet the Climate Kids Who Are Mobilizing a Generation of Parents

Across the country and the world, children are waking moms and dads to the urgent need to take climate action.

Mar 10, 2021 / Feature / Angely Mercado

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My Son Is His Own Person, and I’m Glad to Know Him My Son Is His Own Person, and I’m Glad to Know Him

Eventually, our kids realize they’re free to become who they are. Our job is to let them.

Mar 10, 2021 / Feature / Carvell Wallace

In Some States, Child Care Workers Won’t Get the Covid Vaccine for Months

In Some States, Child Care Workers Won’t Get the Covid Vaccine for Months In Some States, Child Care Workers Won’t Get the Covid Vaccine for Months

Even though child care is vital to the economic recovery, several states aren’t granting child care workers priority access to the vaccine.

Feb 17, 2021 / Bryce Covert

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Letters From the February 8/15, 2021, Issue Letters From the February 8/15, 2021, Issue

No hope or change… An open question… It’s time… Fly high, comrade… Higher math…

Jan 26, 2021 / Letters / Our Readers

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