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Why are more girls getting caught up in our juvenile justice system? What one group found about the effects of domestic violence:

Girls, many of whom have suffered a range of trauma at home, make up a growing share of children arrested and detained across the country.
propublica.org|By Joe Sexton

They struck a deal to pay themselves millions by stripping benefits from retirees at a different company.

Workers often bear the brunt of the coal industry’s decline. One case stands out: 208 Indiana miners, wives and widows whose health care may fall to financial engineering.
propublica.org|By Alec MacGillis

“We were assured as miners we would have lifetime health-care benefits — no one ever envisioned that we would have to worry about these other things that were going on. A lot of them depend entirely on this.”

Workers often bear the brunt of the coal industry’s decline. One case stands out: 208 Indiana miners, wives and widows whose health care may fall to financial engineering.
propublica.org|By Alec MacGillis

Tennessee is the only state with a statute that specifically makes it a crime to use drugs while pregnant. But almost every state has prosecuted women for exposing unborn children to drugs. Learn more about how states handle drug use during pregnancy:

Across the country, hundreds of pregnant women and new mothers have been accused of child abuse or other crimes when they or their newborns tested positive for controlled substances. Laws on drug testing of infants and new mothers vary, but the stakes are always high. In many places, women lose thei…
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Our latest with al.com: In Alabama, a positive drug test can have dire repercussions for pregnant women and new mothers. And in many cases, they're being tested without consent. Yet hospitals have been very reluctant to disclose their drug testing policies to the public. Here's what we learned in Alabama + drug testing policies by state:

As hundreds of Alabama women face child endangerment charges, hospitals are mostly mum on their testing policies – even with the patients.
propublica.org|By Nina Martin
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