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PsycCRITIQUES review

Posted on January 11, 2014 · Add Comment

The American Psychological Association’s PsycCRITIQUES has a kind, long review of The Child Catchers.

“The Child Catchers is an extremely well researched and gripping tale, with Joyce showing her journalistic nous throughout. One of the book’s strengths for me was in the way that Joyce engaged with the material. After setting the international stage [...]

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The Homeschool Apostates

Posted on December 4, 2013 · Add Comment

I have a new story up at The American Prospect about the “ex-homeschooler” movement among young former fundamentalists who are now challenging the system and ideology they were raised in.

At 10 P.M. on a Sunday night in May, Lauren and John,* a young couple in the Washington, D.C., area, started [...]

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To Protect Battered Women, You Have to Protect Their Pets

Posted on November 13, 2013 · Add Comment

I have a new story up at Pacific Standard, on a new New York City pilot program to co-shelter domestic violence victims with their pets.

“Earlier this year, a New York City woman—I’ll call her Mary—tried to leave her abusive husband. She contacted a shelter, but the shelter wouldn’t take pets. [...]

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The Tragic Death of Hana Williams and How It Could Happen Again

Posted on November 11, 2013 · Add Comment

I have a new long investigative piece up at Slate magazine, made possible by the incredible support of the Nation Institute Investigative Fund.

On the night of May 11, 2011, sometime around midnight, 13-year-old Hana Williams fell face-forward in her parents’ backyard. Adopted from Ethiopia three years [...]

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Pacific Standard: Not Without My Cat

Posted on October 27, 2013 · Add Comment

I have a new story in the current issue of Pacific Standard, about New York City’s pilot program to co-shelter domestic violence victims with their pets. For now it’s print-only, but the story will come online November 13.

Read more and order Pacific Standard here.

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AP: Challenging time for Christian adoption movement

Posted on October 27, 2013 · Add Comment

“To many Christian evangelicals, their commitment to finding homes for the world’s orphans is something to celebrate — and they will, gathering at hundreds of churches across America to direct their thoughts and prayers to these children.

But the fifth annual Orphan Sunday, this coming weekend, arrives at a challenging time, and not just because [...]

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New York Times: The Evangelical Orphan Boom

Posted on September 21, 2013 · Add Comment

I have a new op-ed related to The Child Catchers in the Sunday Review of The New York Times!

IF you attend an evangelical church these days, there’s a good chance you’ll hear about the “orphan crisis” affecting millions of children around the world.

These Christian advocates of transnational adoption will [...]

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Mexico’s Abortion Wars, American-Style

Posted on August 29, 2013 · Add Comment

I have a new story up at The Nation, reported in Mexico with support from the excellent Nation Institute Investigative Fund.

In Mexico’s so-called “Rosary Belt,” a band of ultraconservative states like Jalisco and Guanajuato in the center of the nation, anti-abortion advocates and other traditionalists are embracing US-style culture war [...]

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Review: Hekima The Great Lakes Messenger

Posted on August 15, 2013 · Add Comment

“The book is as painful to read as a marathon is to run. Yet, it is a must read for both believers and the secular if one has an interest in these matters.”

Dave Jenkins, a longtime missionary in Uganda and Rwanda (and someone I wrote about in The Child Catchers), shares his eloquent thoughts [...]

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Interview: Sojourners

Posted on August 11, 2013 · Add Comment

A new Q&A about The Child Catchers is up at progressive Christian flagship magazine Sojourners.

“THE MAXIM states that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. But what happens when well-meaning Christians construct and lead others down that road?”

Read the whole thing here.

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