Black families

The Business of Taking Children

By Matt StoneJune 20, 2026

Analysis of the United States foster care system indicates a structural design that financially incentivizes the removal of children from their biological families. This framework directs taxpayer funds towards foster care agencies and foster parents, while providing no direct financial assistance to biological parents seeking to maintain family unity. This incentive structure, according to observers, prioritizes child removal and prolonged placement within the system over efforts toward family reunification.

SNAP Benefits Remain Uncertain as Black Families Brace for Impact

By David M. GreenwaldNovember 8, 2025

Dr. Regina Davis Moss, president and CEO of In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda, warned that potential funding lapses in SNAP and WIC could have devastating consequences for millions of families, particularly Black women and children, and called for a comprehensive commitment to reproductive justice and health equity.

Homes Seized to Collect Prison Fees

By Maya FarshoukhAugust 2, 2025

The National Consumer Law Center has found that pay-to-stay fees are authorized in more than half of U.S. states, resulting in the seizure of inheritances from incarcerated or formerly incarcerated people, disproportionately affecting low-income and Black families and hindering wealth transfer and economic stability.