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Tina Traster is the author of Rescuing Julia Twice: A Mother's Tale of Russian Adoption and Overcoming Reactive Attachment Disorder (Chicago Review Press). Her website is juliaandme.com.
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Health-Care Company: No Haitians
YikesA national medical-staffing company is backpedaling on a racist ad for nurses as New York’s attorney general vows to investigate.

Judge: Rehoming Kids Is Trafficking
Modern FamilyA judge in New York has banned a couple looking to undo their adoption from trying to ‘rehome’ their two Russian-born children—and other courts could soon follow suit.

Couple Sues Over Disabled Adoption
FamiliesA Long Island couple is trying to undo the adoption of two Russian children, saying agencies misled them about the kids’ identity and their mental-health problems.

When An Adopted Child Won’t Attach
FamiliesIn her new memoir, Tina Traster chronicles adopting a Russian child whose mercurial mood swings turned out to be a common problem among orphans from the Far East.

America’s New Adoption Mecca
A year after Russia halted adoptions to the U.S. in retaliation for sanctions, neighboring Ukraine is becoming an attractive alternative for hopeful parents. But will the country’s protests strand orphans in need?
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