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Christianity affirms God’s image in all people. This makes it an awkward fit with the notion that some image bearers, deemed ...
Soft Eugenics has resurfaced in the United States, becoming a central motif for both the Trump administration and far-right ideologues, fueled by the resurgence of white nationalism.
From biohacking to RFK Jr.’s health movement and vaccine ideas, today’s wellness trends reinforce exclusionary ideals rooted in the history of eugenics.
Of the many things that the history of eugenics should teach modern society, two stand out. First, not all questions are good questions. Second, statistics can be warped to tell you pretty much ...
For at least 80 years, euthanasia has had a bad reputation in the United States. Could Trump, feminists, Big Tech, and Silicon Valley change that?
The U.S. participation in eugenics – the pseudoscientific field predicated on the belief that humanity’s gene pool can be improved through selective breeding – remains opaque almost 100 ...
Many a sociologist and historian used to agree with Paleontologist Henry Fairfield Osborn that Anglo-Saxons were God's special gift to earth. Osborn was a leading eugenist in the days when many ...
Mark Torres’ new book, ‘Long Island and the Legacy of Eugenics,’ explores the Island’s dark ties to a psuedoscience linked with Nazy Germany.
Forced Sterilization of Disabled People Isn’t a Relic of the Past In a majority of states, eugenics laws still let doctors sterilize disabled patients against their will.
While eugenics is often presented as a “modern” practice, exemplified by the US eugenics laws of the early twentieth century and later the Nazi regime of racial hygiene, the practice is quite old.