parenting

No End in Sight to the Baby Formula Shortage

Chabeli Carrazana / The 19th Feb 14, 2023 One year later, there’s no end in sight to the baby formula shortage, which hits poor families the hardest. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Leslie Jamison’s Kaleidoscope of Loneliness

Elaine Margolin / Truthdig Jan 5, 2020 Essays feature a whale with online followers, families who believe a child led a prior life and Civil War photographers’ staging of corpses. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Parents Who Starved and Shackled Children Get Life Sentence

BRIAN MELLEY / The Associated Press Apr 19, 2019 Two adult children of David and Louise Turpin speak publicly for first time, telling of house of horrors with condemnation and forgiveness. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

California Parents of 13 Plead Guilty to Torture and Abuse

AMY TAXIN / The Associated Press Feb 22, 2019 David and Louise Turpin will spend at least 25 years in prison each. The children had described being beaten, starved and put in cages. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

White House Press Secretary Challenged on Immigration

Elizabeth Preza / AlterNet Jun 14, 2018 Sarah Huckabee Sanders appears rattled in a testy exchange with reporters over the Trump administration’s policy of separating children from their parents at the border. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Bestowing a Legacy Better Than His Own

Elaine Margolin / Truthdig May 25, 2018 Michael Chabon's new essays about struggling to be the best father he can be are as enchanting, sad and intuitive as his extraordinary novels. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Homeland Security Urged to Prosecute Parents Who Cross Border With Kids

Emily Wells / Truthdig Apr 27, 2018 Top U.S. immigration chiefs urge the secretary of homeland security to detain and criminally prosecute undocumented adult border-crossers, which would result in separating them from their children. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Trump’s Family Policy

Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News, Cagle Cartoons Sep 18, 2016 Dig deeper

Democratic Socialism Appeals to More Than Just the Young—Check Out Jeremy Corbyn’s Support Base

Staff / Truthdig Sep 14, 2016 It's a fallacy that only millennials can get behind progressive leaders; humans have whittled down the world's wilderness to less than 20 percent; and Benjamin Netanyahu's talk of "ethnic cleansing" is a "staggering act of chutzpah." These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )