intent

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Aside from Ms. Cunat’s piece, two video works come closest to the exhibition’s intent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

It said the investigation concerns "instigation of breach of trust, computer fraud and false attestation with the intent to obtain for another an unlawful benefit."

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

You’re not going to know at the time of birth, for some people, whether they have the intent to stay or not — including U.S. citizens, by the way,” she said.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2026

She also highlighted the unworkable nature of the government’s proposal; if a child’s citizenship hinges on a parent’s “domicile,” she told Sauer, then “you have to adjudicate both residency and intent to stay.”

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

The United Nations now defines genocide as an act, or acts, “committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.”

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz