“I can suction while gathering my spirits, while holding out for my son’s right to exist, to be present, to take up space, to interrupt ‘usual’ life.”
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10 Years After Sandy Hook, a Family Finds Bits of Joy Amid Shards of Pain
“To Hensel, one of the big things about marking 10 years, is making it 10 years.”
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‘Dying Inside’: Chaos and Cruelty in Louisiana Juvenile Detention
Repeated abuse, prolonged lockdowns, overlooked complaints, and a surge in suicide attempts at a juvenile detention center.
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‘She Made Us Happy’: The All-Star Dreams of Uvalde’s Biggest José Altuve Fan
“We didn’t have to grow up alongside the Nueces River, listening to songs and stories of the violence all around us. But we did.”
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Families Like Ours: A Reading List for the Children of Queer Parents
Some of us got to stay with our moms or dads. Others did not.
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Safety Town
Traffic gardens are miniature street systems through which children — and adults — can learn about road safety. Ilana Bean explores these small-scale utopias through the lens of her mother’s work in traffic safety and road design, and also writes about our relationships to transportation and our urban environment. For the most part, we don’t […]
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Without Paid Leave, the South’s COVID School Policies Cause a Terrible Trickle Down for Families
“Schools are at the epicenter of local and state COVID-19 protocols, using families—and children—as political bargaining chips.”
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To Study Zika, They Offered Their Kids. Then They Were Forgotten.
“Years after agreeing to take part in research, families of children with congenital Zika syndrome are feeling abandoned.”
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Reporter’s Notebook: The Power of Proximity
“A behind-the-scenes look at a year-long investigation into Mississippi’s laws that automatically put some kids as young as 13 into adult prisons and jails.”
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It’s Been One Year Since Students Started Widespread Distance Learning
“Someday, there again will be high school proms, science fairs in the gym, and nighttime football games packed with students bathed under white lights. But who will be forgotten and left further behind?”