Tag: child welfare
Nearly every child on Earth now faces fossil-fueled climate danger
A new UNICEF report finds that nearly every child worldwide is exposed to at least one climate hazard, while nearly half are already living with three or more overlapping threats to health, education, water, housing, and survival.
Trump ICE crackdown has separated an estimated 145,000 US citizen children...
A Brookings Institution study suggests the scale of family separation tied to Trump’s expanded immigration detention campaign is far greater than previously documented, with more than 22,000 American children left without any live-in parent at home.
Three-year-old allegedly abused in federal custody as Trump policies prolong detention...
A lawsuit alleges a toddler was sexually abused while held for months in ORR custody as stricter federal procedures increased detention times for immigrant children.
Newborns torn from mothers: South Carolina’s harsh crackdown on drug use...
South Carolina leads the charge in prosecuting pregnant women for substance abuse.
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Double whammy explodes soul-sucking GOP deal with devil Don
Caught by gangland-style squeeze play,/ Damned if they do, damned if they betray.
Program on climate change—and then the heat hits
Extreme weather events have come with fury. Ocean warming is unabated and the sea level rise is accelerating. There’s urgency.
New union disclosure rule takes effect after AFL-CIO loses first court bid
A federal judge declined to pause expanded Labor Department reporting requirements that unions say will bury them in paperwork and divert money from organizing and bargaining.
Judge blocks Trump DOJ push for transgender youth medical records
A California ruling stops federal prosecutors from obtaining private records from Stanford-linked care, adding another court rebuke to the administration’s campaign against gender-affirming treatment.
Medicaid work-rule fight grows as New Yorkers lose coverage
A multistate lawsuit challenges new federal Medicaid rules while nearly 500,000 New Yorkers are pushed off a low-cost health plan created under the Affordable Care Act.