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Caged in Childhood: How CPS Became the New Prison

What the prison system is to adults, CPS has become to children a network of control, removal, and profit. This Spotlight exposes the truth behind America’s other incarceration crisis.

Know Your Rights #10: You Have the Right to Be Heard in Court Every Time

When DHR files a case involving your family, you have the constitutional and legal right to be notified of all court hearings and to be heard in each one. Whether it’s a shelter care...

CPS Is Genocide: The 12 Demands of the Black Mothers March

Black Mothers Are Done Being Silent On Mother’s Day 2025, while much of the country celebrated with flowers and brunch, a group of Black mothers gathered in front of the White House to expose a...

Reclaiming Choice: The Case for Independent Service Providers in Alabama’s Child Welfare System

Silent Mother's Weekend is over and our voices are back, louder and clearer than ever. In Alabama's child welfare system, families often find themselves navigating a complex web of requirements set forth by the Department...

Sunday Spotlight: A Mother’s Day Without Her Children

When nine months of love are erased in nine minutes of paperwork From the moment of conception, a mother begins building something sacred.Week by week.Heartbeat by heartbeat.Kick by kick. She nurtures the unseen.She protects the unborn.She...

We’ve Gone Silent for the Weekend

As Mother's Day approaches, we’ve chosen to pause. This weekend, our platform will go quiet. Not because there’s nothing to say, but because some moments are too sacred for noise. There are mothers across this nation...

Give Us Their Names: Exposing the Darkness Inside DHR

Every system that thrives in darkness depends on one thing silence. For too long, families in Alabama and across the country have been forced to whisper about what happened behind closed doors. They’ve cried...

Taken at Birth: A Mother’s Plea for Justice in Limestone County, Alabama

In a quiet hospital room in Limestone County, Alabama, a new mother welcomed her baby boy into the world. But just four day later, she left that hospital without him. Her arms, which had...

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