A heartwarming victory is only marred by the situation itself: one of the wealthiest counties in the U.S.

This is a phenomenal video of the immigrant rights community in southern Arizona & their battle last summer against Governor Jan Brewer's draconian legislation regime....

This latest report by Wendy Cervantes and Donald J. Hernandez of First Focus shows that we cannot afford to ignore the needs of the children of immigrants.

GAHANNA, Ohio — The mother of a black Ohio fifth grader assigned to play a slave for a social studies lesson says the school should be more sensitive.

A Gwinnett County woman was arrested Saturday for allegedly trying to bring two children from Mexico to Georgia.

The show at the Capitol yesterday sounds hysterical alright: everyone from the most ardent advocate of children's rights to the most extreme right-wing nativist! The only thing to which I can imagine comparing it is the endless array of comments at the end of the article....

Contrary to what I'm sure you're going to hear this weekend: Reagan was not one of our most popular presidents, both during his reign & for the first decade after it (how quickly we forget!);

Words from the street in Cairo echo in my mind, "It's time for change!" We need to legalize prostitution so that we can regulate it and protect children from being exploited!

Another shock video campaign proven to be based on a hoax!

The case sparked national outrage. Advocacy groups Change.org and Color of Change launched ambitious online campaigns that have already gotten thousands of signatures.

At least now we know that the right-wing extremism isn't just reserved for violating the civil rights of immigrants: LGBT & DV victims are now(?) included in the list of victims of the state's culture wars.... Or as a native has put it on the comments page:

When small boy 'does the wrong thing', his punishment is hot sauce and cold showers. [This is a clip that was shown on Dr. Phil. Watch it. ]

You don't need to read the 46-page Missouri Supreme Court decision to determine that this Guatemalan mother's due process & maternal rights were infringed upon: it's common sense!

An Ohio mother of two was sentenced to 10 days in jail and placed on three years probation after sending her kids to a school district in which they did not live.

The judge, Patricia Cosgrove, says that prosecutors refused to consider the lesser, misdemeanor charges & forced her to rule on the felonies:

"Count to ten; & take a deep breath!"

There are very few nations around the world that have not been almost entirely plundered by the global elite. When the elite speak of "investing" in poor countries, what they really mean is taking control of the land, water, oil and other natural resources.

"Congratulations," the greeting card says, "You got bad touched." The cartoon depicts a traumatized young woman, naked, hunched down in a shower. It attracted attention when it was posted on Ebay by a seller called "youstupidbitch."

Lesbian Mothers....

A cartoon published last week in the newspaper that serves as the official mouthpiece for the Palestinian Authority continued Ramallah's campaign of incitement against the State of Israel, and explained at least in part why peace has not yet been achieved with the PA.

Pine Manor, Florida -- A tablecloth acts as a makeshift curtain over a cracked, tinted window at the beige Eighth Avenue apartment unit where deputies say a woman enslaved four children. Piles of clothes are visible when peering inside.

Only three countries - Iran, Saudia Arabia and Sudan - are known to have executed an individual since the beginning of 2009 for a crime committed before age 18 said the Human Rights Watch on October 8, 2010.

Hunger particularly affects children younger than 3, whose brains and bodies are growing rapidly.

"A Jaffa youth choir made up of Jews and Arabs girls isn't just sharing a message of coexistence with audiences throughout Israel, it is also practicing that message."

"I admit to feeling something close to rage watching this video of a SWAT team breaking into this family's home, shooting their dogs in front of their seven-year-old boy, and then arresting the father and charging the parents with child endangerment all over the possession of a …

The New Jersey parents who gave their children Nazi-inspired names including Adolf Hitler lost custody after a state appeals court ruled that a history of domestic violence puts the children at risk of abuse and neglect.

Alice Dreger and Ellen K. Feder from Bioethics Forum have unearthed a 2007 study in which a doctor from Cornell University defends the practice of surgically cutting girls' clitorises. Disturbing, but his follow-up treatment is even worse..

The seventeen-year-old victim, who has cerebral palsy, has the mental capacity of a seven-year-old and is confined to a wheelchair.

A music video, available on the internet platform 'YouTube', with a song sung by a children's choir endorsing martyrdom in the fight against Israel, is becoming increasingly popular in the Arab world.

Recently in the state of Arizona a state Senator, Sen. Russell Pearce, has decided to push a law in that state to deny birth certificates to the children of any couples who are in this country illegally.

They were brought to the US at a young age by the parents, first generation immigrants who often still have close ties to their home countries. Younger brothers and sisters were born in America, second generation immigrants who enjoy the status of US citizens.

Proving that some of the opposition to repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) is rooted in homophobia rather than legitimate concerns about military readiness or unit cohesion, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-MO) told reporters yesterday that the milita …

The clock is ticking on a bill that would set requirements for the use of seclusion and restraint on public school students with disabilities and require training for employees working with disabled children.

The debate over national health care reform has moved to the California Legislature, which this week will begin taking the initial steps to implement the complex series of overhauls prescribed by the federal government. More than 20 bills have been introduced and as many as a do …

"Filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy takes on a terrifying question: How does the Taliban convince children to become suicide bombers? Propaganda footage from a training camp is intercut with interviews of young camp graduates. A shocking vision.

Questions have been raised about the way children are dealt with by the criminal justice system after two young boys were convicted of attempted rape.

Michele Elliott, of charity Kidscape, said the decision to try them at the Old Bailey was "absolutely wrong".

Sen. Al Franken introduced legislation on Thursday that would protect LGBT students from bullying in America's public schools.

Using data from a national survey, researchers find that higher levels of malathion detected in urine is associated with a higher risk of the disorder. Food may be a factor.

An archbishop has defended the child sex scandal that has engulfed the Roman Catholic Church by claiming it reflects the behaviour of society at large. Brazilian priest Dadeus Grings also said adolescents are 'spontaneously homosexual' and in need of guidance. He said: 'Society …

California and six other states are hoping to prohibit the sale to minors of violent video games that show images of humans being maimed, killed or sexually assaulted -- and the U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether the states will be able to regulate the sale.

The issue of population control is the environmental elephant in the room.

Life is getting even more dangerous for the young girls enslaved in the many, massive brothels across Bangladesh, thanks to a disturbing and growing trend: force-feeding child trafficking victims a steroid used to fatten cattle.

I was checking out the FBI's crime numbers for my home state this morning. One that stood out was Forcible Rape. In the state of Florida in 2008 there have been 1,355 reported cases of forcible rape for that year.

A woman who is forced into marriage is likely to be raped and may be raped repeatedly until she becomes pregnant," says the report published into the first year of the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act of 2007

A study of schoolchildren in Glasgow, Scotland, revealed some extremely disturbing findings: violence against women was perceived as justifiable if there was a "reason" behind it (anything from having an affair to being late making tea).

Kathleen Sebelius warned the insurance industry Monday not to look for loopholes in health care legislation and informed it that she will be writing regulations to ensure that the industry covers children with preexisting conditions, which some insurers insist is not a requiremen …