Sarah Comes Home

Sarah Comes Home

Editor’s Note: Consequence has always been on the lookout for impressive drama that deals with our themes. This is one reason why we are so excited to partner with acclaimed filmmaker David Rocchio, the Founder and Director of Stowe Story Labs.  In this excerpt...
The Battles

The Battles

Tasnim News Agency via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED I don’t like my last name. Well, the first part of the hyphenation, the Bernstein. As a child, I thought it lumbering, inelegant. The name comes from a father I haven’t interacted with in decades. It brings...
Outdoor Encampments

Outdoor Encampments

A sign for a restaurant at the Del Rio port of entry. Photo: Jenn Budd. Few Americans understand the policies that make up the immigration deterrence operations of the US Border Patrol. These mandates are often confusing and can change drastically from one...
Lost in the Gap

Lost in the Gap

Jan Philip was a Swedish student studying in the US before journeying to Colombia.Image courtesy of Jan Philip’s family. Watering the plants on my sunny Bogotá balcony, the phone rang. It was a delegate from the Colombian commission of the International Committee of...
Duck & Cover: America’s First Lockdown Drills

Duck & Cover: America’s First Lockdown Drills

ec. 1, 1950: Third-graders at Clifford Street School kneel at desks and cover their faces and eyeswith their arms during a civil defense drill. Photo credit: Paul Calvert, Los Angeles Times When danger threatened him, he never got hurt. He knew just what to do.—Bert...
Deterrence Policies of the US Border Patrol

Deterrence Policies of the US Border Patrol

November, 1995 | 288th graduation Few Americans understand the policies that make up the immigration deterrence operations of the US Border Patrol. These mandates are often confusing and can change drastically from one administration to the next, or even within a...

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