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Children

Black Children Were Jailed for a Crime That Doesn’t Exist. Almost Nothing Happened to the Adults in Charge.

Judge Donna Scott Davenport oversees a juvenile justice system in Rutherford County, Tennessee, with a staggering history of jailing children.

12 Books to Help Parents Talk With Kids About Race and Anti-Racism

Here is a list of 10 popular books written for young readers that parents can use to spark timely and neccessary conversations about race and anti-racism.

Too Few Parents Talk to Their Kids About Race and Identity, Report Finds

Too few parents and teachers are talking about race, gender and other identity traits with children often enough, which means they are missing out on critical opportunities.

Texas Judge Strikes Down Indian Child Welfare Act Intended to Keep Native Families Together

A federal judge in Texas has struck down the Indian Child Welfare Act, a decades-old federal law aimed at keeping Native American families together.

Defendants in Diapers? Immigrant Toddlers Ordered to Appear in Court Alone

Immigrant children as young as 3 are being ordered into court for their own deportation proceedings, according to attorneys in Texas, California and Washington, D.C.

Immigrant Children Forcibly Injected With Drugs, Lawsuit Alleges

Children and parents interviewed by the attorneys described being forcibly injected or made to take as many as 18 pills a day.

Listen to Cries of Children Just Separated From Parents at the Border

The desperate sobbing of 10 Central American children, separated from their parents one day last week by immigration authorities at the border, makes for excruciating listening.

Feds Use Former Walmart to Hold Boys Separated From Their Families

Federal authorities allowed a small group of reporters to tour the secretive shelter used to hold immigrant children in Brownsville, Texas, the largest of its kind in the nation.