Children

About 85% of the children in state custody have a parent who struggles with substance use disorder. The system is straining to care for them.

As part of a series on Communist China’s 70th anniversary, Marketplace’s China correspondent Jennifer Pak and Shanghai bureau news assistant, Charles Zhang, spoke to people in the country’s shoe industry – the world’s biggest – about their achievements and challenges over the last few decades. You can read more stories from the China 70 series here. China’s […]

The study estimates that some 4 million U.S. kids are now uninsured.

Do screening tools work?

"Toyeries" are making a comeback.

Bridge Meadows brings foster families and seniors together in affordable housing.

NYC schools plan to spend $28 million on personnel, services for homeless students.

A journalist and parent digs into how our ideas of motherhood came about in the U.S.

A pilot program is underway in Massachusetts, while New Hampshire already has 200 day care centers participating in its purchasing group program.

A pilot program is underway in Massachusetts, while New Hampshire already has 200 day care centers participating in its purchasing group program.