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‘One of the worst abusers’: An Alabama case highlights the state’s physical child abuse problem

By Anna Claire Vollers
While child abuse and neglect take different forms, more than half of Alabama’s child abuse and neglect victims – 52 percent – experience physical abuse.
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Dear Cleveland: Help us improve police relations and our "life skills"

By Rachel Dissell
Cleveland youth shared this week personal stories to underscore the importance of the projects they proposed to police, community and nonprofit leaders in their city.

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