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Topic: Child Welfare

Texas Governor Greg Abbott (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The GOP has an infant abandonment issue

Amanda Marcotte
Woman lighting a marijuana joint (Getty Images/Jamie Grill)

Is cannabis harmful in pregnancy?

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Mother and daughter. (fizkes/Getty Images)

How child welfare law destroys families

Agnel Philip, Eli Hager, Suzy Khimm - ProPublica
Paper people chain, law books and judge's gavel (Getty Images/YGolub)

How to fix foster care

Gail Cornwall
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Activist in Brooklyn gathered at MetroTech plaza for a march to defund the Administration for Children's Services (ACS), duped "The Family Police" who is allegedly responsible for disproportionately targeting, separating and criminalizing black families. (Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Child welfare: Worse than you think

Kathryn Joyce
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They arrested me for playing basketball

Darryl Robertson
Basketball Court (Getty Images)

They arrested me for playing basketball

Darryl Robertson
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Your job can make you a bad parent

Adam Grant
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Drug use during pregnancy is not abuse

Jolene Forman
Paul Ryan; Paul Ryan (Getty Images)

Ryan's parting gift: More tax cuts

Sophia Tesfaye
Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar (Fox News)

Jenny Kutner
Shanesha Taylor (Scottsdale Police Department)

Katie McDonough
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Katie McDonough
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Cara Tabachnick - The Crime Report
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