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“She and the women like her were ornery, assertive, relentlessly capable, weathered and threadbare. She was a monument of dedication to her family, her work, and her community.”

Adam Lehrer • Who’s Afraid of Elena Velez?

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Lisa Taddeo • Animal: A Novel

Elmer M. Ellsworth, a special assistant to Governor Winship, was a member of this hand-picked jury.

Nelson Denis • War Against All Puerto Ricans

The majority opinion, written by Judge Vito Titone, established new criteria—along the lines Rubenstein suggested—for determining what a family is.

Lillian Faderman • The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle

many of us accept the violence, limitations, and boundaries imposed by the system as though they are natural laws—inalterable, inevitable, and final—and view everyday people as an existential threat to control, contain, and manage.

Kelly Hayes • Let This Radicalize You

This was, according to the Third Reich, an “American-model sterilization law.”

Jonathan Mooney • Normal Sucks

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