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August 23, 2019
Nick Martin
Indian Country Fights to Protect Its Children and Preserve Its Sovereignty
As important as it is for Native families, the battle over the Indian Child Welfare Act is about much more than just the kids.
February 25, 2019
Magazine
Kathryn Joyce
The Crime of Parenting While Poor
New York City's child welfare agency has a reputation for unjustly targeting low-income families of color. Can it change?
July 31, 2018
Emma Russell
What kind of summer camps did ICE officers frequent as children?
July 24, 2018
Emma Russell
Trump’s family reunification is already shaping up to be a disaster.
June 20, 2018
Emma Russell
“That’s like the old Soviet Union used to do.”
June 20, 2018
Emily Atkin
The mind-boggling cost of breaking up migrant families.
June 20, 2018
Emily Atkin
The Uncertain Fate of Migrant Children Sent to Foster Care
A system designed for abused and neglected kids now must handle thousands who have been forcibly separated from their parents.
June 8, 2018
Magazine
Rikha Sharma Rani
Weaponizing Children
The president is wielding parental love and fear for political gain.
February 12, 2018
Alex Shephard
Facebook’s Purpose Is Digital Addiction
How concerns about the social-media platform's targeting of younger users apply to everything it does
January 18, 2018
Sarah Jones
The Turpins Won’t Be the Last
How lax homeschooling laws protect child abusers
December 1, 2017
Sarah Jones
How to Wreck an Already Weak Health Care System
The failure to extend the Children's Health Insurance Program reveals the confusing, precarious nature of the U.S. social safety net.
September 21, 2016
Clio Chang
One presidential candidate has a plan to address poverty. Guess who?
September 12, 2016
Travis N. Rieder
The Ethics of Having Kids in a Climate Crisis
May 17, 2016
Maggie Doherty
Rivka Galchen’s Mother Lode
Her new memoir explores how having a child makes you a different kind of writer.
April 12, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly
Beverly Cleary Is 100. Ramona Quimby Is Timeless.
Cleary's books may feel outdated today, but their appeal lives on.
March 4, 2016
Clio Chang
A senior DOJ immigration official thinks that 3- and 4-year-olds can represent themselves in court.
September 23, 2015
Stephanie Heimann
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Alex Shephard
Child Migrants’ Exhausting Journey to Europe
At the border, families find themselves unable to enter the European Union.
April 12, 2015
Sarah Kollmorgen
How the World Plays: Photos from the U.K. to Bhutan
April 9, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
Don't Assume You Know Why That Couple Doesn't Have Kids
February 20, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
What Some Conservatives Call Kids Now: "Human Capital"
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