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Mississippi has the second highest rate of domestic violence in the country -- what are we going to do about it?
Jackson Free Press |
Natalie A. Collier |
10-19-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
State Medicaid Drops 55,000 Childrennew
State Medicaid officials laud budget savings, but the savings come through cutting children from the rolls.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
10-05-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Daddy's Girlnew
Millionaire Bruce McMahan loved his daughter so much, he married her.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Kelly Cramer |
10-03-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Like it Was Yesterdaynew
Hurricane Rita still haunts southwest Louisiana a year after landfall.
Gambit |
Jeremy Alford |
09-20-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Raising a Lost Generationnew
The Price of Privilege author Madeline Levine discusses how parental pressure robs kids of their humanity.
Pacific Sun |
Jill Kramer |
08-24-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Family Feudnew
No one has sympathy for deadbeat dads -- but what about the growing number of responsible fathers who are stuck fighting a mom-friendly legal system for equal parenting rights?
Philadelphia Weekly |
Kia Gregory |
08-17-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Inner-City Cinemanew
Kids from one of Nashville's toughest 'hoods make their own movie -- with help from a hot Hollywood director.
Nashville Scene |
Jim Ridley |
07-26-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Still Life with Street Kidsnew
With its mild climate and generous citizenry, Missoula provides relative abundance this time of year, and so as the weather warms, the street kids come into season.
Missoula Independent |
John S. Adams |
07-06-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Leaving WWASPS' Nestnew
With the World Wide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools under increasing media scrutiny, Montana's Spring Creek Lodge decides to go it alone.
Missoula Independent |
John S. Adams |
06-30-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Throwaway Kidsnew
Thousands of foster children leave county care for a dangerous and desperate life on the streets.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
06-27-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Rough Lovenew
Kids from South Florida and beyond are sent to Jamaica to straighten up -- or else.
Miami New Times |
Joanne Green |
06-27-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: bay, Tranquility
Taking a Beatingnew
Florida parents of a beaten teen want answers from Montana's Spring Creek Lodge Academy.
Missoula Independent |
John S. Adams |
06-22-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
The Parent Trapnew
Cherokees step in to break up an adoptive family over race.
Dallas Observer |
Andrea Grimes |
06-20-2006 |
Children & Families
Within These Wallsnew
Richmond's Child Advocacy Center is working to change.
Style Weekly |
Brandon Reynolds |
05-25-2006 |
Children & Families
The Case of the Two Abigailsnew
One infant dies with her head in a noose, another dies inside a toy chest -- each was in a father's care, and homicide cops want answers.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
05-23-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
