After years in the child welfare and justice systems, Ebony Price is working on keeping her life on the right track and being present for her family.
Poverty and Class
Malcolm X’s worldview was molded by his time in foster care and his experiences as a young Black man in America.
Immigration raids in SoCal trigger fear, absenteeism and trauma among Latino students, disrupting school life and prompting calls for legal and mental health support.
New toolkit helps doctors address patients’ financial needs – a role doctors say they feel thrust into amid worsening crisis.
A journalist examines the child welfare system’s racial disparities, its generational impact on Black families, and community solutions amid funding cuts and the need for reforms.
Millions of U.S. children live with relatives, yet such "kinship families" lack support and visibility. Reporting their stories can help change that.
Companies claim they can help hospitals seeking to get paid by ‘subprime patients’ amid Republican health cuts.
Private foster care and adoption agencies in Texas are brokering contracts for moms to turn over their children in a murky legal world, spawning protracted civil custody battles.
A tragedy means Amy must take in her nieces and nephews. She and her sisters fight to give them a better childhood than they had.
Family members who take in a relative's kids face unique challenges. Often, they do so without financial, educational and medical support.