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To My Babies: We Will Fight Until Our Last Breath ❤️
To my babies,
We love you.
There isn’t a system big enough to erase that. Not a courtroom. Not a report. Not a badge. Not a signature at the bottom of documents built on assumptions, pressure,...
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An Alabama Family’s Fight Raises Questions About Oversight in Child Welfare Cases
By a Ghostwriter
In a quiet corner of southeast Alabama, a prolonged family court dispute is raising broader questions about how child welfare decisions are made and how families are included in those decisions.
At the...
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Opinion | When Fear Replaces Protection in Alabama’s Child Welfare System
Editor’s Note:This op ed is published anonymously to protect the safety and privacy of the parent and children involved. The account reflects the lived experience of a Dale County family and is shared in...
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When the Holidays End, the Fight Does Not
As the holidays come to an end, the world begins to reset. Decorations are packed away. Routines return. Life moves forward.
For families navigating the child welfare system, the end of the holidays is not...
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What the Family Justice and Accountability Act Would Change for Parents
For parents who have been pulled into the family court or child welfare system, the experience often feels confusing, intimidating, and one sided. Decisions that affect the most intimate parts of family life are...
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Small Town, Big Corruption: The Wiregrass and the Pattern America Can No Longer Ignore
In the heart of Alabama’s Wiregrass, in counties where the population is small and the power structure is tight, families are saying the same thing over and over again. From Houston County to Geneva,...
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The Price of a Child: How Alabama DHR Turned Family Separation into a Business
There are moments in this fight when the truth no longer hides behind fine print. Last week, Baldwin County attorney and minister Yancey Burnett stood before the Baldwin County Commission and said what so...
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When One Voice Becomes an Army: The Power of Us
There is a moment in every story when silence breaks. It does not happen in a courtroom or a press release. It happens in the quiet decision of one person who finally says, “I...