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Child Welfare System

When Poverty Becomes a Punishment: Families Losing Children Instead of Getting Help

All across this country, families are being punished for struggling. Instead of being met with help, they’re being met with handcuffs, court dates, and case plans. When the rent is behind, the refrigerator is empty,...

A Father’s Warning. A Daughter’s Death. An Alabama System That Wouldn’t Listen.

On June 10, 2025, Lance Wright walked into a courtroom with a heart full of fear and a motion in hand. His daughter Zy’nnya was still alive then. She was uncomfortable. Guarded. There were...

We Never Meant to Be Here

We were just parents until the system took everything. This is the beginning of our voice, our truth, and our refusal to be silent. We never meant to be here. But now that we are, we are not going anywhere.

When Due Process Is Denied: A Mother’s Story and a Broken System

Due process is not optional. It is a constitutional right. But in family court and CPS cases, it is often the first thing discarded. Here’s what the law says, what it means, and what happens when it is ignored.

Sunday Spotlight: Shattered

They didn’t just take my children. They shattered my life. They say you never forget the day your children are born.I’ll never forget the day mine were taken. One knock.One accusation.One cold voice telling me what...

We Are Here: When the System Punishes Parents for Parenting

Every time another tragic headline surfaces — another child lost to violence, another teenager arrested, another preventable crisis — the same question makes its way across newsfeeds, dinner tables, and talk shows: “Where were the...

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