Kathryn Joyce, The Nation. August 29, 2009. Many Christian adoption agencies are far more concerned with artificially producing "orphans" for Christian parents to adopt, than helping birth parents care for wanted children.
Matt Leonard, Earth Island Journal. June 10, 2009. "Any child I had would have been raised here and would consume (despite my best efforts) far more resources than I am comfortable accepting."
Jeanine Wais-Sullivan, New America Media. April 8, 2009. Widowed 35 years of marriage, Wais says her new family has helped her feel less alone and it allows her help a struggling family.
Ryan Blitstein, Miller-McCune.com. January 26, 2009. The legal rights that same-sex couples enjoy in some states evaporate when they move or travel to other parts of the country.
Keli Goff, Huffington Post AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. July 16, 2008. "I think that we've proven that both parents are important in the success of a family so, no, I don't believe in gay adoption."
Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check. January 22, 2008. The Roe v. Wade decision may have been about abortion, but its legacy has been fuller bodily autonomy and expanded freedoms.
Deb Price, Creators Syndicate. August 20, 2007. Should the legal ties between parents and their adopted child unravel if the family leaves the state where the adoption decree was handed down?
Adam Elkus, ColorLines. May 2, 2007. Are the efforts of well-meaning celebrities to alleviate Africa's poverty and disease the continent's salvation or a recipe for disaster?
ColorLinesSeptember 5, 2006. Growing up brown-skinned in Montana, the author, who was adopted from Colombia, felt disconnected from whites and people of color alike.