Haunted Files | A/P/A | NYU https://apa.nyu.edu/hauntedfiles/ Tue, 25 Aug 2015 18:59:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Planned Parenthood, Eugenics, and the Contentious Legacy of Margaret Sanger https://apa.nyu.edu/hauntedfiles/planned-parenthood-eugenics-and-the-contended-legacy-of-margaret-sanger/ Tue, 25 Aug 2015 18:57:16 +0000 http://apa.nyu.edu/hauntedfiles/?p=723 The conservative right’s renewed assault on Planned Parenthood and affordable access to reproductive health services (including, but not limited to birth control and abortion clinics) dovetails with the distortion of the […]

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]]> Biometric Policing: More Local Police Using Facial Recognition Software https://apa.nyu.edu/hauntedfiles/biometric-policing-more-local-police-using-facial-recognition-software/ Mon, 17 Aug 2015 21:21:52 +0000 http://apa.nyu.edu/hauntedfiles/?p=710 A recent New York Times article details the frighteningly pervasive application of facial recognition softwares, originally developed for overseas military use, to local police departments across the country. Because the application […]

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]]> Nell Irvin Painter Unpacks Whiteness in the Context of Anti-Black Violence https://apa.nyu.edu/hauntedfiles/nell-irvin-painter-unpacks-whiteness-in-the-context-of-anti-black-violence/ Wed, 22 Jul 2015 21:05:57 +0000 http://apa.nyu.edu/hauntedfiles/?p=705 This past June, like many months, has been filled with both tragic and absurd US news items regarding both ideas of racial identity and the ongoing realities of white supremacy. Responding to […]

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]]> For Virginia’s Native People, Continued Impacts of 1924 Racial Integrity Act https://apa.nyu.edu/hauntedfiles/for-virginias-native-people-continued-impacts-of-1924-racial-integrity-act/ Thu, 02 Jul 2015 20:48:42 +0000 http://apa.nyu.edu/hauntedfiles/?p=699 As members of the Pamunkey tribe of Virginia seek federal recognition through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the impact of a long-dead Virginia eugenicist, Walter Plecker, continues to be felt, […]

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]]> Assault on Reproductive Justice Distorts Disability Rights Perspectives https://apa.nyu.edu/hauntedfiles/assault-on-reproductive-justice-distorts-disability-rights-perspectives/ Mon, 08 Jun 2015 15:29:26 +0000 http://apa.nyu.edu/hauntedfiles/?p=692 In the past months, Ohio state legislators have introduced a bill that would criminalize abortions of those “seeking the abortion solely because” of a prenatal Down syndrome diagnosis. While the […]

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]]> How Airport Biometrics Impact Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People https://apa.nyu.edu/hauntedfiles/how-airport-biometrics-impact-transgender-and-gender-non-conforming-people/ Fri, 15 May 2015 16:46:27 +0000 http://apa.nyu.edu/hauntedfiles/?p=685 This article is from 2012, but contains information that will be new to most. Alissa Bohling reports for Truthout.org on how the use of biometrics technology by airport security impacts […]

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]]> Gene Editing, Designer Babies, and “The New Eugenics” https://apa.nyu.edu/hauntedfiles/gene-editing-designer-babies-and-the-new-eugenics/ Thu, 07 May 2015 17:49:49 +0000 http://apa.nyu.edu/hauntedfiles/?p=681 Last month, a group of Chinese scientists published a research paper in the journal Protein and Cell that rocked the science and bioethics community. The research reported on experiments involving DNA editing of […]

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]]> FBI forensic evidence unit botched decades of testimony https://apa.nyu.edu/hauntedfiles/fbi-forensic-evidence-unit-botched-decades-of-testimony/ Fri, 01 May 2015 21:55:55 +0000 http://apa.nyu.edu/hauntedfiles/?p=676 A recent admission from the Justice Department and FBI have called into question the misuse of forensic evidence in criminal courts. The Washington Post broke the story this past month: […]

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]]> Fit for Citizenship? A Photo Essay https://apa.nyu.edu/hauntedfiles/fit-for-citizenship-a-photo-essay/ https://apa.nyu.edu/hauntedfiles/fit-for-citizenship-a-photo-essay/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2015 19:08:05 +0000 http://apa.nyu.edu/hauntedfiles/?p=667   In the latest issue of Dissent Magazine, Michelle Chen explores how eugenics thought shaped American immigration policy in the 1920s and beyond. “Eugenics did not invent whiteness. Well before […]

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]]> https://apa.nyu.edu/hauntedfiles/fit-for-citizenship-a-photo-essay/feed/ 2 What’s Next for Haunted Files? https://apa.nyu.edu/hauntedfiles/whats-next-for-haunted-files/ Tue, 24 Mar 2015 17:14:08 +0000 http://apa.nyu.edu/hauntedfiles/?p=655 The plaster columns, vinyl cabinets, and aged walls have been torn down, peeled off, and repainted. The filing cabinets, desks, and detail items stored away. The last traces of the recreated […]

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