child welfare

Critics say employing such algorithms gives a program powered by data mostly collected about poor people an outsized role in deciding families’ fates.

Black children are now three times more likely to die of suspected child abuse or neglect than white children, according to the report.

Syesha Mercado, a former finalist on “American Idol,” was reunited with her newborn daughter but continues to fight for custody of her toddler son. “Just know Ast is home. … Their son, Amen’Ra, was taken earlier this year when he was 13 months old.

Syesha Mercado, who is fighting to get her toddler back, recorded deputies taking her newborn from her in an Instagram Live video.