A former Hendricks County Department of Child Services employee is facing 16 felony charges, including falsifying child abuse or neglect information and official misconduct by a public servant. Brianna Spillman, who resigned her position in...

An Indiana couple is facing charges after allegedly abusing 33 foster children over 13 years. This article explores the case—and the broader pattern of how the child welfare system often fails the very children it claims to protect.

Over the last several months, I’ve poured hours — no, days — into researching and understanding where and how the Alabama child protective system, and systems like it across this nation, have gone so...