AltWeeklies Wire
Golden Fearsnew
Protecting the elderly from financial predators requires constant vigilance, and the law is not always ready to help.
Gambit |
Linda Dees |
12-13-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
T-Paw, Heal Thyselfnew
Shifting political winds push children without medical coverage into Gov. Tim Pawlenty's arms.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Britt Robson |
12-08-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Training Schools Flunk Againnew
Three years after the state reached a consent decree with the Department of Justice, students are still beaten by staff at the state's paramilitary schools, and reform has been too slow.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
11-30-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Forgive, Never Forgetnew
For Heather Cameron, the road back was a long, hard journey.
Westword |
Adam Cayton-Holland |
11-27-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Little Lost Boys ... and Girlsnew
Is the move to privatize Child Protective Services leaving huge gaps in care?
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
11-07-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Brokennew
The system that serves tiny children with disabilities is nowhere near fixed, after years of trying on the governor's watch.
Phoenix New Times |
Susie Stechner |
11-07-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
All Grown Upnew
At eighteen, these foster kids aged out of a system that denied them a childhood.
Westword |
Jessica Centers |
10-24-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Lucky Number Sevennew
When the Dickerson kids needed a second chance, Doris Chambers was there.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
10-19-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Home, Bitter Homenew
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
