Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Congratulations, Alaska: You’re the foster care capital of America

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At the end of 2016 , the federal government finally released state-by-state foster care numbers for 2015. Congratulations, Alaska: You’re...
Tuesday, February 21, 2017

A reporter whitewashes racial bias in child welfare

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In former Los Angeles Times reporter Garrett Therolf’s world, white people “marshal data.” Black people rely only on “folkways.” Ther...
Friday, February 17, 2017

New columns on abuse in foster care in Iowa and Nebraska and #CASAsowhite: racial bias in CASA

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Cowley County, Kan.,  a place almost exactly in the middle of middle-America, is conservative and working-class. It would seem to have litt...
Wednesday, February 15, 2017

When foster care overrides common sense

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Last month I wrote  a column called “ Why the ‘Foster-Care-at-All-Costs’ Crowd  Will Never Surrender Their Horror Stories. ” I offered thos...
Tuesday, February 7, 2017

#CASAsoWhite: Forced to face issues of race, a county CASA program collapses

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Cowley County, Kan.,  a place almost exactly in the middle of middle-America, is conservative and working-class. It would seem to have litt...
Thursday, February 2, 2017

“Policy Brief” touting foster care shows trump has no monopoly on “alternative facts”

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When White House  advisor Kellyanne Conway tried to explain away false claims made by White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, she branded ...