Coronavirus
June 15
Amid speculation of a spike in abuse, advocates worry that families of color will be policed even more.
Coronavirus
March 24
New placements, family visits and child-abuse investigations falter across the country.
Feature
February 11
Every year, thousands of children are removed from their homes by officials who fear for their safety—only to be returned within days. It “felt like being kidnapped,” one said.
News
September 25, 2019
An unwed father hopes his case will change the way courts decide what it means to be a parent.
Feature
December 3, 2018
Being stripped of parental rights while in prison, even for minor crimes, is “the family separation crisis that no one knows about,” one advocate said.
The Frame
March 13, 2017
A stint in juvenile detention excluded one from the financial support that automatically went to the other.
Feature
December 16, 2015
An 18-year-old said she was attacked at knifepoint. Then she said she made it up. That’s where our story begins.
Life Inside
May 26, 2015
A prisoner and former foster child on the kids he knew — and the inmates they became.