In South Dakota, Native American children make up 13% of the child population but 74% of the children in the foster system.Neelam Tailor investigates why, and how a system built on separation is still...

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The long read: Days before we ran interviews with gang leaders describing their alleged ties to Nayib Bukele’s government, we left the country to avoid arrest. We fear our exile will never end

Bike culture, once seen as an elite hobby or a last resort for the poor, is flourishing in the post-apartheid City of Gold

Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war

Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, the number of abortion clinics there has doubled. With strong protections for gender-affirming treatment, and now universal child care, the state is betting on a prog...

Many birth mothers hope to maintain contact with their child. But their agreements with adoptive parents can be fragile.

Family separations were the hallmark of the first Trump administration’s border policy. Now advocates allege migrant families are being split up again as a retaliatory measure

Power has been knocked out in three states in southeast Mexico after a problem with a transmission line.

In 2024, 7,100 pedestrians were killed on the road, and in recent years, more than 1,000 cyclists have been hit and killed annually. Safety experts explain how bikers and walkers can stay safe.

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As Colombia’s “Total Peace” plan falters, children face exploitation by traffickers and adoption pipelines abroad.

Experts say decades of progress are under threat; Trump officials say administration remains committed to fighting trafficking and sex abuse

When you’re done settling for the sludge in the hotel lobby, this portable brewing setup will open the door to perfect coffee anywhere

When Maria Pires was adopted from Brazil as a child, she believed she was officially an American. But her adoptive father, who sexually abused her for years, never completed paperwork to make her a ci...

Move is expansion of existing program that has helped lift tens of thousands of people out of poverty

Unless this dangerous precedent is condemned and curtailed, it will enable US authorities to summarily shoot anyone they choose

Trump administration contract with Paragon Solutions gives immigration agency access to one of the most powerful stealth cyberweapons

From the firing of the labor statistics chief to plans for a new census, the president’s moves serve to entrench authoritarianism

Conservationists hope that in 15 years species will no longer be at risk of extinction in Mexico – but challenges remain

Danish authorities take one-hour-old infant despite law banning the tests on people with Greenlandic backgrounds

President threatened ‘harsh measures’ if Tina Peters – sentenced to nine years – isn’t released from prison

The long read: Each year, women make the desperate decision to abandon their babies. Specially designed ‘baby windows’ can help – but some argue they make matters worse

A group of women have so far embroidered almost 200 patches of names and aim to embroider all the names of women killed by femicide in Morelos since 2015

Critics in Mexico argued that the shoe uses the name of the southern Mexican state.