Elizabeth Larsen

Lecturer in Journalism, University of Minnesota

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Freelance writer and professor at the University of Minnesota Journalism School

Elizabeth Larsen on KCRW

Spurred by church groups, charities and Hollywood stars, American families had been adopting foreign children at an increasing rate.

The Business of Child Adoptions

Spurred by church groups, charities and Hollywood stars, American families had been adopting foreign children at an increasing rate.

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