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Brianna Nofil

PhD student in U.S. history at Columbia University, writing about immigration, crime, and prisons.

bln2109@columbia.edu

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Photo of Galveston County Jail, 1929.

How Texas Jails Built Migrant Incarceration

Following a 1925 investigation, immigrant detention in the Galveston County Jail was declared “a crime against humanity.”

by Brianna Nofil via The Texas Observer on November 19, 2024

Cartoon portraits of women who were mayors in 1922.

In the 1920s, the Now-Forgotten Flood of 'Girl Mayors' Became the Face of Feminism

Profiles of a few of the municipal leaders elected in the wake of the 19th Amendment.

by Brianna Nofil via Atlas Obscura on July 6, 2016

Ellis Island's Forgotten Final Act as a Cold War Detention Center

The idealistic interpretation of Ellis Island should be revisited.

by Brianna Nofil via Atlas Obscura on February 2, 2016

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