For years, Black residents of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, have voiced complaints about abuses and a lack of accountability within its Sheriff’s Office. Unlike in neighboring New Orleans, no one has…

Deputies in California’s Antelope Valley are disproportionately citing Black teens, often for minor infractions, like getting in fights or smoking. “They’re turning the principal’s office into the police station,” said…

Judge Donna Scott Davenport oversees a juvenile justice system in Rutherford County, Tennessee, with a staggering history of jailing children. She said kids must face consequences, which rarely seem to…

HONOLULU (AP) — At first, he was just a boyfriend. He gave Ashley Maha’a gifts and attention. But then he gave her drugs and became controlling and abusive. He would…

PARIS (AP) — Governments must pour more money and resources into preserving the mental well-being of children and adolescents, the U.N.’s child protection agency urged in a report Tuesday that…

Vaccinating against malaria has posed a real challenge for scientists for decades. But the tide may be turning. Every year, malaria kills more than 400,000 people, most of them children.…

As homicides surged across the US last year, the number of Black females killed increased sharply as well A least four Black women and girls were murdered perday in the…

[EN] Indigenous groups and their allies across Brazil have been mobilizing amidst the Bolsonaro government's latest brazen attempt to roll back indigenous rights and bolster the economic interests of powerful…

The UN Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) should heed the voices of victims, survivors and foot soldiers and reject the request for early release of three Genocide convicts. This…

The World Health Organization on Wednesday recommended the first vaccine against malaria for widespread use inoculating children in sub-Saharan Africa and other at-risk regions. Why it matters: Malaria kills more than 400,000 people per year,…