Millions of U.S. children live with relatives, yet such "kinship families" lack support and visibility. Reporting their stories can help change that.
Children & Families
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.
A reporter finds that Maine schools continue using restraint and seclusion on students, causing trauma and shirking accountability.
Montcalm County Intermediate School District was one of the subjects of a 2022 Detroit Free Press investigation over restraint and seclusion tactics used on students with disabilities.
“We have never seen anything like this,” a longtime children's policy advocate told reporters taking part in the Center's 2025 National Fellowship.
Data collected by the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District indicate that hydrogen sulfide is consistently detected in the air.
For many Asian immigrant women, a combination of career opportunities, immigration anxieties, and the loss of nearby family support is reshaping how and when they choose to pursue childbirth— sometimes with irreversible consequences.
Despite years of pledges to address systemic racism and discriminatory discipline practices, the most recent state data show that two school districts, Sacramento City Unified and Elk Grove Unified, continue to suspend Black students at some of the highest rates in California.