Juveniles

HOST INTRODUCTION: Being a parent, especially a parent to a newborn baby, can test us in the most surprising ways. Sometimes, oftentimes newborns cry and you don’t know why. It can be frustrating. They sneeze…

Live Law Phoenix – Borders

by Nancy Mullane

September 20, 2016

Each summer, people from all around the country gather for the Soros Justice Fellowship Conference — three days of meetings, conversations, and workshops by scholars, journalists, attorneys, and advocates working on projects that explore the…

Kids Doing Life – Transcript

by Brenda Salinas

August 23, 2016

HOST INTRODUCTION: When you’re sixteen or seventeen do you really think about what you’re doing and who you’re doing it with? Sometimes, sure. But not all the time. There’s science to show that teens don’t…

Kids Doing Life

by Brenda Salinas

August 23, 2016

When you’re sixteen or seventeen do you really think about what you’re doing and who you’re doing it with? Sometimes, sure. But not all the time. There’s science to show that teens don’t think like…

Sterilized – Transcript

by Jess Engebretson

March 22, 2016

The law can be a tool for justice, and injustice. Starting in 1907, legislators in dozens of states passed laws that made it legal to forcibly sterilize people considered by some doctors and scientists to…

Revolution in a Cornfield – Transcript

by Ashley Cleek

March 8, 2016

It’s probably been awhile since you were in first grade. But some things haven’t changed too much. AMBI MONTINI’S CLASS This is Mrs Montini’s class at Mark Twain Elementary School in Kansas City, Kansas. Seventeen…

UnDACAmented Transcript

by Jonathan Hirsch

January 30, 2016

It’s been 20 years since Congress has passed comprehensive immigration reform in the US. So, in 2012 President Obama took matters into his own hands. His administration signed a memo granting undocumented immigrants who came…

Outside The Womb

by Michael Sullivan

July 14, 2015

Couples who want babies but can’t have them naturally are increasingly turning to surrogacy instead of adoption. And in many countries, the business of providing surrogates is big business. Thailand was a popular destination until…

Birth Rights

by Renee Gross

March 10, 2015

A midwife cares for a pregnant woman before, during, and after they give birth. By developing relationships with their clients, midwives say they can help each women determine how and where they want to give…

Polyamorous Love

by Kaitlin Prest

February 14, 2014

Diana Adams believes the family law system is at least 20 years behind cultural changes. She helps non-traditional families—such as three people in love—find a simulacrum of the protection offered by legal marriage. But her real goal is to change our idea of what “marriage” can be.

Juveniles

Shaken – English Transcript

by Medill Justice Project

Live Law Phoenix – Borders

by Nancy Mullane

Kids Doing Life – Transcript

by Brenda Salinas

Kids Doing Life

by Brenda Salinas

Sterilized – Transcript

by Jess Engebretson

Revolution in a Cornfield – Transcript

by Ashley Cleek

UnDACAmented Transcript

by Jonathan Hirsch

Outside The Womb

by Michael Sullivan

Birth Rights

by Renee Gross

Polyamorous Love

by Kaitlin Prest

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