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Why Clarence Thomas Is Trying to Bring Eugenics Into the Abortion Debate
They really do not have anything to do with each other.
by
Adam S. Cohen
,
Dahlia Lithwick
via
Slate
on
June 17, 2019
Clarence Thomas Used My Book to Argue Against Abortion
The justice used my book to tie abortion to eugenics. But his rendition of the history is incorrect.
by
Adam S. Cohen
via
The Atlantic
on
May 29, 2019
Harvard’s Eugenics Era
When academics embraced scientific racism, immigration restrictions, and the suppression of “the unfit”.
by
Adam S. Cohen
via
Harvard Magazine
on
March 1, 2016
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How the Republican Party Took Over the Supreme Court
The 50-year effort to advance a conservative legal agenda.
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The Forgotten Lessons of the American Eugenics Movement
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