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August 11, 2025

NY State Courts Are Blocking Children’s Services in Domestic Violence Cases—and That Needs to Change

Should the Administration for Children’s Services get involved when women are being beaten by their partners while…

July 16, 2025

Do Babies Belong with Drug-Addicted Mothers? New Mexico Has a Change of Heart

“The 4-month old was the last straw.” That’s what Maralyn Beck, executive director of the Child…

July 9, 2025

“Wards of the State” Review: Lives Knocked Off Course

In 2024 Michigan jurors convicted the parents of Ethan Crumbley of involuntary manslaughter, determining that…

July 7, 2025

Albany Will Slice a Lifeline for New York’s Abused Kids—Unless Kathy Hochul Takes a Stand

Want to report a case of child abuse? Better be prepared to give your name…

June 20, 2025

New York Child Services Says It’s Saving Lives—Count Us Skeptical

Jess Dannhauser, commissioner of the New York City Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) is doing…

June 8, 2025

Apologies Won’t Help Native American Communities, and Neither Will Reparations

Kathy Hochul is very sorry. The governor of New York recently went to visit the…

May 15, 2025

Insiders Reveal Why ACS Decided to Leave Kids in Hands of Abusive Parents

“Pathetic.” That’s how Kevin O’Connor describes the response from Administration for Children’s Services Commissioner Jess…

May 15, 2025

When It Comes to Gun Violence, the Kids Are Not OK

“The kids are OK.” That’s host Gayle King reporting on CBS Morning News about a…

May 6, 2025

Seven Children Died in Abusive New York City Homes Because Progressives Say It’s Racist to Save Them

Who wants to work for the Administration for Children’s Services? Almost no one, apparently. According…

April 21, 2025

Minnesota’s War on Charter Schools

The fight to provide every child with educational choice has a new friend. Last month,…

April 21, 2025

How NYC’s Lax Child-Protection Standards Failed Promise Cotton

“They didn’t do s–t.” That’s how Sabrina Coleson described the inaction of the Administration of Children’s…

April 14, 2025

A $4 Billion Settlement in LA Has Implications for the Whole Country

How do we as a society make up for past wrongs? Last week, Los Angeles…