The conversations were emotional and difficult to hear. But parents wanted to share stories about who their children were and ...

Dobbs, that people are doing everything within their power and expertise to make sure that people can still get care," said ...

While the state Department of Education has made trainings and tools available, researchers say it needs to do more to help ...

Not so long ago, heroin had its hooks in her. Her first baby, now a 1-year-old toddler, was swept into state custody in 2017. Her next baby was due at the end of 2018. Tahtiana R. fiddled with the ...

Bob is a freelance reporter at KCBS Radio in San Francisco, serves as the multimedia investigative reporter on the award-winning Chauncey Bailey Project and writes columns for the Maynard Institute ...

Colton turned 17 alone in an unheated juvenile jail cell in Batesville, 370 miles from home. He had only a thin mat and blanket for sleeping. Slugs crept in through a space between the wall and the ...

This story was produced as part of a larger project by Brenda Gazzar, a participant in the 2020 California Fellowship. Despite comprising about a quarter of the state’s population, Los Angeles County ...

Thousands of restraints and seclusions used on students each year reveal fractured interpretation of Maine law. Alaska’s rural schools face decades-long neglect as state funding lags, leaving ...

Montana native D Gregory Smith felt alone, helpless and suicidal as a teen about feelings for other young men. He became a priest hoping to turn off his sexuality, but ultimately decided to come out ...

Childhood trauma and adversity have been big buzz phrases in recent years. But are they really just proxy terms for poverty? How one journalist came to rethink her own assumptions in reporting on ...