Show: The Imprint Weekly

We Were Once a Family, with Author Roxanna Asgarian

On this week’s podcast we discuss some updates on the Indian Child Welfare Act front, Minnesota becomes a trans youth refuge, and the blind spot in America’s knowledge of youth justice. 

Imprint alum Roxanna Asgarian joins to discuss her new book, “We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America,” which traces the lives and families of six children killed by their adoptive parents in March of 2018.

Guest Interview Details

Roxanna Asgarian is a Texas-based journalist who writes about courts and the law for The Texas Tribune. She is the author of “We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America.”

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Indian Child Welfare Act Think Tank to Strategize Legal Protections for Tribal Sovereignty http://bit.ly/3YHTpeT With Supporters from Indian Country Looking on, Minnesota Lawmakers Vote to Protect Indigenous Families http://bit.ly/40jn7Z9 Governor Signs Law that Codifies Indian Child Welfare Act Provisions into State Statute http://bit.ly/3YWsP21 Calling for ‘Love’ not ‘Hate,’ Minnesota Governor Declares His State a Refuge for Trans Youth https://bit.ly/3L82c6M On Point, March 9: Journalist Hannah Barnes on The Inside Story of The Collapse of Tavistock’s Gender Identity Clinic https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510053/on-point We’re Building a New Path to Prioritize Kin https://bit.ly/3mriEER New Mexico Has Lost Track of Juveniles Locked Up for Life. We Found Nearly Two Dozen. http://bit.ly/3yuTurI Federal Study on Transfers of Juveniles Delayed, Again http://bit.ly/3FhI91W We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America http://bit.ly/3FkaUuV Read Roxanna Asgarian’s coverage of child welfare for The Imprint https://imprintnews.org/author/roxanna-asgarian
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