wrongful removals
The Machine
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,...
Know Your Rights
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,...
The Machine
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...
The Machine
The Cost Is Too Great: Alabama’s Silent Crisis Inside the DHR System
There is a quiet kind of breaking that happens when a child is taken from home. It does not make headlines or courtroom transcripts, but it leaves echoes in every room that family once...