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Charles Darwin
Photo: Charles Darwin in 1855, by Maull and Polyblank, Literary and Scientific Portrait Club, via Wikimedia Commons.

Remembering Paul Johnson’s Assessment of Darwin

The reviewers that insist this work is “ludicrous,” a “smear,” or a “hatchet job” are wrong; it is none of these. Read More ›
Carrie and Emma Buck
Photo: Carrie Buck (at left) with Emma Buck in 1924, by Arthur Estabrook, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Before the Third Reich: America’s Darwinist Eugenics Crusade

One of the most famous instances was Carrie Buck, sterilized as “feeble minded” despite going on to live a normal productive life. Read More ›
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Photo credit: John West.

Documentary Human Zoos Is Screened at Detroit’s African-American History Museum

The film tells how thousands of indigenous peoples were put on public display in America in what scholars today call “human zoos.” Read More ›
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Documentary Human Zoos Is Screened at Detroit’s African-American History Museum

The film tells how thousands of indigenous peoples were put on public display in America in what scholars today call “human zoos.” Read More ›

Survey: Americans Favor Education on Scientific Racism; Call for Famed Zoo, Museum to Apologize

“Most Americans realize we need to learn from the past,” said John West, writer and director of the new documentary Human Zoos. “But we can’t learn from the past if we cover it up.” Read More ›
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Celebrate Science? Of Course, But…

Today is the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s World Science Day for Peace and Development. Read More ›

The Darwinian Origins of Euthanasia Advocacy

Everything in ethics, every single weighty cultural issue I can think of, hinges on the question of biological origins. Read More ›

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