Michelle Newcomb does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Erica Russ has prior experience working in child protection and have previously undertaken other state government funded research related to child protection. She is a member of the Australian ...

In her recent Pulitzer-Prize winning novel, Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver describes the situation of a young boy whose father dies before he is born. His mother struggles with addiction, but ...

As Minnesota considers child protection reforms, should responsibility fall to state or counties? A Star Tribune series exposed failings in the county-run child protection system, and a legislative ...

Politics Minnesota’s child protection system needs fixes. Legislators are starting with these changes. Measures approved this session laid the groundwork for long-term changes to Minnesota’s child ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. For decades, researchers have pointed out that the child welfare system is riddled ...

Val Benavidez, Texas Freedom Network executive director, and other LGBTQ leaders speak outside the Travis County, Tex., courthouse on March 2 in Austin. (Erich Schlegel/AP) Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) ...

[In state’s child protection statute and/or where “abuse and neglect” and/or “best interests of the child” are defined, add] A parent has the fundamental right to direct the care and upbringing of the ...