Children

Flint Water Plant tower

With the Government Shut Down, Is Your Water Safe? With the Government Shut Down, Is Your Water Safe?

The government shutdown is putting further stress on a regulatory system already strained to the breaking point.

Jan 18, 2019 / Michelle Chen

School Is Crushing My Daughter’s Spirit. What Should I Do?

School Is Crushing My Daughter’s Spirit. What Should I Do? School Is Crushing My Daughter’s Spirit. What Should I Do?

Another reader asks what she can do about an acquaintance who drunkenly groped her on New Year’s Eve.

Jan 11, 2019 / Liza Featherstone

Tarana Burke

Tarana Burke Talks About How to Support Survivors—When They’re Your Kids Tarana Burke Talks About How to Support Survivors—When They’re Your Kids

The founder of the #MeToo movement has guidance for how parents can make their children feel safe talking about sexual assault and trauma.

Dec 4, 2018 / Dani McClain

‘Those Kids Are No Longer Yours’: An Investigation into Uganda’s Adoption Market

‘Those Kids Are No Longer Yours’: An Investigation into Uganda’s Adoption Market ‘Those Kids Are No Longer Yours’: An Investigation into Uganda’s Adoption Market

How parents lose their children to families in the United States.

Oct 11, 2018 / Feature / Anna Cavell

Colstrip coal plant

Trump’s EPA Is Poisoning Our Children Trump’s EPA Is Poisoning Our Children

Rolling back environmental laws leaves kids vulnerable to lead, asbestos, insecticides, and other toxic pollutants.

Aug 13, 2018 / Herman Schwartz

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The US Deported 468 Parents—but Kept Their Children The US Deported 468 Parents—but Kept Their Children

Lawyers and advocates have launched a massive effort to find them.

Jul 31, 2018 / Zoë Carpenter

Donald Trump shouting at 11-year-old boy

Trump’s War on Children Trump’s War on Children

White House policies form an unprecedented assault on kids—but, of course, not the white kids.

Jul 20, 2018 / Aziz Huq

Comix Nation

Comix Nation Comix Nation

ignore this…

Jul 19, 2018 / Peter Kuper

For Some Migrant Families, a Second Separation Awaits

For Some Migrant Families, a Second Separation Awaits For Some Migrant Families, a Second Separation Awaits

Facing a legal labyrinth, deported parents may be forced to leave their children behind so that they can seek asylum.

Jul 11, 2018 / Renée Feltz

‘These Kids Are Watching Their Parents Die’

‘These Kids Are Watching Their Parents Die’ ‘These Kids Are Watching Their Parents Die’

For children growing up in the shadow of the opioid crisis, public schools have become the safety net of last resort.

Jul 3, 2018 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter

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