Nothing inherent in children’s development explains why their right to education should be more or less accessible depending ...

We’ve made progress in many realms of civil rights over the past decades in the U.S. The rights of African Americans, women, gays and lesbians, and handicapped people have expanded, thanks in part to ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Like many of the executive orders and other directives coming out of the Trump ...

No child deprived of her human rights can imagine a path to a brighter future without support to overcome obstacles and someone to light the way. Child marriage, the early or forced marriage of a ...

Building an audience on TikTok has been a way for Cam Barrett to reclaim part of her identity after spending much of her childhood as an unwitting social media influencer. As early as she can remember ...

Few horrors in the world rival the pain, fear, shame and guilt felt by children who are sexually abused by adults who have been entrusted with their care. For decades, hundreds of children, if not ...

Since its creation, the United Nations has prioritized protecting the rights and safety of children as central to its efforts to promote justice, human rights and safeguard our future. In 1946, in the ...

Parental rights have emerged as a central battleground in the culture wars, debated in school board meetings, courtrooms and legislative chambers across the country. As conflicts intensify over what ...

The long history of the right’s obsession with child trafficking means it won’t be easy for Trump to make this story disappear. Credit...Photo illustration by Alex Merto Supported by By Jia Lynn Yang ...