Rep. Esther Agbaje, DFL-Minneapolis, speaks about her bill during a Minnesota House Judiciary and Public Safety Committee hearing concerning the African American Family Preservation Act, also known as ...

[In state’s child protection statute and/or where “abuse and neglect” and/or “best interests of the child” are defined, add] A parent has the fundamental right to direct the care and upbringing of the ...

A Minnesota family’s chances of being reported for child maltreatment vary dramatically depending on their race. So does the likelihood a kid will be removed from their family, or reunited with them ...