child welfare

Veronica G. Cardenas for Texas Public Radio

8:12am Nov 09, 2019

National National

Mexican Official Tries To Move Asylum-Seekers Stuck In Tent Camps

by Reynaldo Leaños Jr.

At one point a child welfare official threatened to take custody of the kids and families refused to let them go. "I told them I couldn't, that I wouldn't let my kid go," one woman said.
Eric Lafforgue/Getty Images

5:00am Dec 04, 2018

Health & Safety Health & Safety

Africa Takes A Tough Look At Africa — And The Way It Treats Its Children

by Joanne Lu

A new "child friendliness" index praises such countries as Namibia and Lesotho — and "names and shames" poor performers.
4:42pm Jun 13, 2018

Health & Safety Health & Safety

Opioid Abuse Emerges As A Major Cause Of Children Entering Foster Care

A new report from a statewide child advocacy group suggests an increasing number of North Carolina children are entering foster care because their parents are abusing drugs like heroin and fentanyl
Solano County Sheriff's Office via / AP

1:10pm May 15, 2018

National National

10 Children Living Amid Feces Were Tortured For 'Sadistic Purpose,' Police Say

by Sasha Ingber

Police found them living in squalor. Their parents were charged after an investigation revealed "a long and continuous history of severe physical and emotional abuse."