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Michael Shapiro

Michael Shapiro is the author of "Solomon's Sword: Two Families and the Children the State Took Away." He teaches journalism at Columbia University.

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Teenage depression: If a parent doesn’t get treatment for a child, is that abuse?

Michael Shapiro

Five-year-old Elian Gonzalez is shown at his new home in Miami, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1999. Gonzalez fled Cuba with his mother and stepfather in a small powerboat that sank during the 90-mile crossing to Florida. Nine people died, including his mother and stepfather. Elian was found alone Thanksgiving Day, clinging to inner tubes off the Florida coast near Fort Lauderdale. Days after he was rescued off the coast of Florida, Elian is starting to ask questions about his future, now caught in a political tug-of-war between Cuba and the United States. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz) (Associated Press)

Adrift in America

Michael Shapiro