<p>Her Parenting Time Was Restricted After a Positive Drug Test. By Federal Standards, It Would've Been Negative.<br>---</p><p>Child welfare systems vary widely in what they count as a positive drug test. One state’s level is so low that Air Force pilots can fly with up to 400 times more opiates in their system.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/drug-testing-thresholds-child-welfare?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/drug-testing-thresholds-child-welfare?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/dru</span><span class="invisible">g-testing-thresholds-child-welfare?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/hospital/" rel="tag">#Hospital</a> <a href="/tags/drugs/" rel="tag">#Drugs</a> <a href="/tags/testing/" rel="tag">#Testing</a> <a href="/tags/parenting/" rel="tag">#Parenting</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a></p>
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<p><a href="/tags/nokings/" rel="tag">#nokings</a>: in the <a href="/tags/netherlands/" rel="tag">#Netherlands</a>, the King is not the problem, he is neutral, he's just a symbol.</p><p>It's the <a href="/tags/extremest/" rel="tag">#extremest</a> parties.</p><p><a href="/tags/sgp/" rel="tag">#SGP</a> <a href="/tags/discriminates/" rel="tag">#discriminates</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#women</a> and anyone who doesnt want a ”traditional” <a href="/tags/heterosexual/" rel="tag">#heterosexual</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#family</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/fvd/" rel="tag">#FVD</a> are <a href="/tags/sciencedeniers/" rel="tag">#sciencedeniers</a>, they think <a href="/tags/klimatechange/" rel="tag">#klimatechange</a> is just an opinion.</p><p><a href="/tags/pvv/" rel="tag">#PVV</a> blames all the problems of this country on <a href="/tags/asylumseekers/" rel="tag">#asylumseekers</a> <a href="/tags/illigalimmigrant/" rel="tag">#illigalimmigrant</a> </p><p>This isn't a <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> problem, this is a worldwide problem, if the <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> fales <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a>, <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> could follow quickly.</p>
<p>WATCH: More than 80% of U.S. children attend public schools.</p><p>Some of the Education Department’s ultraconservative advisers, led by Secretary Linda McMahon, want to change that.</p><p>Here’s an inside look at their dismantling of public education: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NYq_N6fO-w" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NYq_N6fO-w"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NYq_N</span><span class="invisible">6fO-w</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/documentary/" rel="tag">#Documentary</a> <a href="/tags/film/" rel="tag">#Film</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#Video</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/parenting/" rel="tag">#Parenting</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a></p>
<p>“In my two decades as a reporter, I’ve sat at many kitchen tables with grieving mothers,” ProPublica reporter Megan Rose writes.</p><p>“Talking with Holly, though, was the first time I’d done so as a mother myself. Her sorrow hit me differently.”</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tacrolimus-fda-death-mothers-story?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/tacrolimus-fda-death-mothers-story?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tac</span><span class="invisible">rolimus-fda-death-mothers-story?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#Media</a> <a href="/tags/mother/" rel="tag">#Mother</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/fda/" rel="tag">#FDA</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a></p>
<p>After Sowing Distrust in Fluoridated Water, Kennedy and Skeptics Turn to Obstructing Other Fluoride Sources<br>---</p><p>Florida and Utah have banned fluoridation, with multiple other states looking to do the same. Critics of fluoride in drinking water point to other fluoride sources as an alternative, but many are creating barriers to these very products.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/fluoride-supplements-fda-rfk-jr-ken-paxton-restrictions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/fluoride-supplements-fda-rfk-jr-ken-paxton-restrictions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/flu</span><span class="invisible">oride-supplements-fda-rfk-jr-ken-paxton-restrictions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a> <a href="/tags/utah/" rel="tag">#Utah</a> <a href="/tags/florida/" rel="tag">#Florida</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a></p>
<p>A Black Teen Died Over a $12 Shoplifting Attempt. 13 Years Later, Two Men Plead Guilty in His Killing.<br>---</p><p>16-year-old Corey Stingley died from asphyxiation after being pinned down by customers in a convenience store. Under a special agreement, the family of the teen finally feels that “truth, understanding and a measure of healing” has taken place.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/corey-stingley-felony-murder-plea-deal-milwaukee?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/corey-stingley-felony-murder-plea-deal-milwaukee?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/cor</span><span class="invisible">ey-stingley-felony-murder-plea-deal-milwaukee?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/milwaukee/" rel="tag">#Milwaukee</a> <a href="/tags/wisconsin/" rel="tag">#Wisconsin</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#Justice</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a></p>
<p>At least 11 people died and more than 1,400 residents sought emergency care for carbon monoxide poisonings during the 2021 winter storm in Texas.</p><p>Here’s what you should know about keeping your family and home safe, especially during power outages.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/how-to-prevent-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-in-your-home?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/how-to-prevent-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-in-your-home?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/how</span><span class="invisible">-to-prevent-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-in-your-home?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/winterstorm/" rel="tag">#WinterStorm</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/safety/" rel="tag">#Safety</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a> <a href="/tags/weather/" rel="tag">#Weather</a> <a href="/tags/winter/" rel="tag">#Winter</a> <a href="/tags/storm/" rel="tag">#Storm</a></p>
<p>New York Homeless Families Placed in Hotels Weren’t Guaranteed Social Services. New Regulations Could Change That.<br>---</p><p>The proposal follows a ProPublica and New York Focus investigation that found counties had placed thousands of adults and children in often-dilapidated hotels as the main response to homelessness.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/new-york-homeless-families-hotels-update?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/new-york-homeless-families-hotels-update?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/new</span><span class="invisible">-york-homeless-families-hotels-update?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/newyork/" rel="tag">#NewYork</a> <a href="/tags/homeless/" rel="tag">#Homeless</a> <a href="/tags/hotels/" rel="tag">#Hotels</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a> <a href="/tags/homelessness/" rel="tag">#Homelessness</a></p>
<p>It’s been over a decade since Alaska significantly increased its funding for public education.</p><p>Two school districts are now suing the state for what they say is a long-running failure to give students a “sound basic education.”<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-public-education-funding-failure-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/alaska-public-education-funding-failure-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ala</span><span class="invisible">ska-public-education-funding-failure-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/alaska/" rel="tag">#Alaska</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/lawsuit/" rel="tag">#Lawsuit</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a></p>
<p>An Idaho advisory panel is developing a bill to require autopsies in circumstances including unexplained child deaths.</p><p>The state would help fund autopsies for coroners who get national certification, to address underfunding and bolster standards.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-coroner-system-legislation-impact?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/idaho-coroner-system-legislation-impact?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ida</span><span class="invisible">ho-coroner-system-legislation-impact?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/idaho/" rel="tag">#Idaho</a> <a href="/tags/death/" rel="tag">#Death</a> <a href="/tags/coroner/" rel="tag">#Coroner</a> <a href="/tags/forensics/" rel="tag">#Forensics</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>Roughly 5,000 North Carolina homeowners affected by Hurricane Helene are awaiting help from the state.</p><p>But records show problems like rigid rules and insufficient staffing, which occurred in a previous rebuilding program, are starting to surface.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/hurricane-helene-housing-recovery-program-lessons?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/hurricane-helene-housing-recovery-program-lessons?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/hur</span><span class="invisible">ricane-helene-housing-recovery-program-lessons?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#NorthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/hurricane/" rel="tag">#Hurricane</a> <a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#Housing</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a> <a href="/tags/house/" rel="tag">#House</a></p>
<p>9-year-old Maria Antonia was supposed to go to Disney World.</p><p>Instead, immigration agents sent her to Dilley, Texas.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-dilley-maria-antonia-guerra-story?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/ice-dilley-maria-antonia-guerra-story?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ice</span><span class="invisible">-dilley-maria-antonia-guerra-story?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/detention/" rel="tag">#Detention</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a> <a href="/tags/disney/" rel="tag">#Disney</a></p>
<p>WATCH: “Keep the family healthy.” Those were some of the last words Clifford Thomas’ mother said to him.</p><p>But in Albany, a town with a health care monopoly and no Medicaid expansion, staying healthy is a luxury that many are priced out of.<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOgCsj9nDZQ" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOgCsj9nDZQ"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOgCsj</span><span class="invisible">9nDZQ</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/documentary/" rel="tag">#Documentary</a> <a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#Video</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/medicaid/" rel="tag">#Medicaid</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/insurance/" rel="tag">#Insurance</a> <a href="/tags/blackmastodon/" rel="tag">#BlackMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a></p>
<p>This week, the average daily population at Dilley dropped to 100 people, compared with over 900 in January.</p><p>The shift follows weeks of mounting public pressure generated in part by the widespread publication of letters written by detained children.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/families-detained-at-dilley-plummets?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/families-detained-at-dilley-plummets?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/fam</span><span class="invisible">ilies-detained-at-dilley-plummets?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/immigrant/" rel="tag">#Immigrant</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>Trump Has Detained the Parents of More Than 11,000 U.S. Citizen Kids<br>---</p><p>A ProPublica analysis of new ICE data shows that Trump has detained parents of U.S. citizen children at about twice the rate that Biden did, and moms have been deported four times as often.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-family-deportations-ice-citizen-kids?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-family-deportations-ice-citizen-kids?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-family-deportations-ice-citizen-kids?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a> <a href="/tags/deportation/" rel="tag">#Deportation</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>A mother and her little daughter walk through the sand dunes to the beach for a day of seaside fun.<br> <br>Together walking through the sand dunes handmade acrylic painting <br>--> <a href="https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/together-walking-through-the-sand-dunes-karen-kaspar.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/together-walking-through-the-sand-dunes-karen-kaspar.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featur</span><span class="invisible">ed/together-walking-through-the-sand-dunes-karen-kaspar.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/together/" rel="tag">#together</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#family</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#children</a> <a href="/tags/beach/" rel="tag">#beach</a> <a href="/tags/ocean/" rel="tag">#ocean</a> <a href="/tags/sea/" rel="tag">#sea</a> <a href="/tags/mastoart/" rel="tag">#MastoArt</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/painting/" rel="tag">#painting</a> <a href="/tags/fediart/" rel="tag">#FediArt</a> <a href="/tags/fedigiftshop/" rel="tag">#FediGiftShop</a> <a href="/tags/interiordesign/" rel="tag">#InteriorDesign</a> <a href="/tags/mastodonart/" rel="tag">#MastodonArt</a> <a href="/tags/buyintoart/" rel="tag">#BuyIntoArt</a> <a href="/tags/traditionalart/" rel="tag">#TraditionalArt</a> <a href="/tags/kunst/" rel="tag">#kunst</a> <a href="/tags/contemporaryart/" rel="tag">#contemporaryArt</a> <a href="/tags/colorful/" rel="tag">#colorful</a> <a href="/tags/landscape/" rel="tag">#landscape</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a> <a href="/tags/outdoors/" rel="tag">#outdoors</a> <a href="/tags/handmade/" rel="tag">#handmade</a> <a href="/tags/joy/" rel="tag">#joy</a> <a href="/tags/mothersday/" rel="tag">#mothersday</a> <a href="/tags/gifts/" rel="tag">#gifts</a> <a href="/tags/giftideas/" rel="tag">#giftideas</a> <a href="/tags/summer/" rel="tag">#summer</a> <a href="/tags/mother/" rel="tag">#mother</a></p>
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