A 1997 federal law intended to increase adoptions of foster children has accomplished that goal, but it also produced an unintended consequence: an increase in the number of children who were legally ...

In the 1950s, young boys were placed in orphanages and endure harsh and austere living conditions. As a united group, they supported each other and survived despite bullying, hardship and little hope ...

When the Mohau children's home opened in 1997, orphans with AIDS died every other day. But these days, not one child has been lost in seven years — and as they age with the help of drugs they face the ...