Black children are twice as likely as white kids to be removed from their parents. For Native American kids, the disparities are even more stark. Layla Jackson never returned to her mother. The ...

Madison Royer is a cofounder of Missourians for Child Protection, a group dedicated to advocating for stronger laws to protect children from sexual abuse. In March 2025, her family discovered that two ...

[In state’s child protection statute and/or where “abuse and neglect” and/or “best interests of the child” are defined, add] A parent has the fundamental right to direct the care and upbringing of the ...