This week, our spotlight turns back to a truth too many have been forced to live with: DHR knows when it has done wrong and still refuses to make it right. It is not...

Sunday Spotlight There is a particular kind of silence that settles over a family when the system takes a child and then leaves nothing behind. No updates. No court date. No word. Just silence. It is...

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...

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...

Moment by Moment, Day by Day Families across Alabama from Houston County to Baldwin, from Limestone to Lowndes are being quietly drained of everything they have, just to keep the hope of reunification alive. This system...

They Didn’t Knock Like They Were There to Help They didn’t ask any questions.They showed up with power not answers. Blue lights.A clipboard.And a lie or maybe a half-truth that was never fully examined. There was no...

Welcome to Sunday Spotlight — a new space created to expose what too many systems have worked hard to keep hidden. Every week, we will shine a light on the injustices faced by families across...