The Exceptional Cruelty of a No-Hugging Policy
When kids separated from their families on the U.S.-Mexico border can’t get hugs or physical comfort from the caretakers at their shelters—or even from one another—their experience becomes even more traumatic.
‘Nothing Short of Evil’: Mother, Boyfriend Sentenced in Torture Death of 8-Year-Old Gabriel Fernandez
Eight-year-old Gabriel Fernandez was routinely tortured and starved before his death in 2013