The earliest years of life play a decisive role in a child's prospects for a healthy life, explains Harvard's Jack Shonkoff.
Children & Families
Child welfare agencies use a shadow system to remove kids from their parents’ care. Nobody knows how many children are placed this way or what happens to them in new homes.
An audio-first docuseries exploring what it means to be a Black person having a baby in the United States today.
Underserved youth and the adults who care for them are wrestling with systemic inequities compounded by the coronavirus.
Advocates and experts are worried there may not be enough families willing to take children in.
Journalist Linda Villarosa shares her process behind those stunning New York Times Magazine cover stories.
Newark's COVID-19 death toll among Blacks seems to have been less severe compared to other urban hubs in the nation. Why?
"It's profit over people there," one worker said.
During the pandemic, the “colonias” along the border in south Texas have been devastated on multiple fronts.
As we look to understand the public health response to COVID-19, Dr. Jan Gurley of the San Francisco Department of Public Health explains what it means when a state institutes Crisis Standards of Care, as Arizona has.