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  • News

    February 18, 1999

    Family Values

    When the state's foster-care system doesn't work, there's always the private sector. but sometimes that doesn't work, either.

  • News

    February 7, 2002

    Follow That Story

    Principal Principles

  • News

    October 8, 1998

    An Unhealthy Situation

    Principal Principles

  • News

    June 28, 2007

    You Do the Meth

    Police raids bust up drug labs. But they also bust up families.

  • News

    December 8, 2005

    Catch-16

    Slipping through the safety net for juveniles.

  • News

    December 1, 2005

    Focus on the Family

    The McAdams want their children back, but can former heroin addicts succeed as parents?

  • News

    March 3, 2005

    Follow That Story

    Wild Child Revisited

  • News

    February 10, 2005

    Beyond Contempt

    The child-protection system wants to shut down family-rights activist Suzanne Shell. And vice versa.

  • News

    March 18, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of March 18, 2004

  • News

    March 11, 2004

    Sex Registration

    Do you know where your children are?

  • News

    March 11, 2004

    Motherless Child

    The bonds of love are being broken for Rosa Avina.

  • News

    March 11, 2004

    Father Hood

    Nineteen-year-old Albert Galvan wants to raise his baby, but the court says she's better off with her foster parents.

  • News

    February 5, 2004

    Running Scared

    Shawna Rush worked with troubled teens. Then she was killed by one.

  • News

    December 4, 2003

    Nowhere Boy

    His biological parents didn't want him -- but to get him the help he needs, his adoptive parents must give him up.

  • News

    March 20, 2003

    Dr. Dicke's Day in Court

    A judge must decide if dildos are appropriate in therapy for sexually abused children.

  • News

    March 14, 2002

    Playtime Is Over

    The state has barred a child psychologist from using adult sex toys in therapy sessions.

  • News

    May 3, 2001

    A Range of Harsh Lessons

    Schoolyard slurs, an incest charge and county social services shatter a black family's Kiowa dream.

  • News

    July 27, 2000

    Suffer the Children

    Three kids with attachment disorder have died in Colorado -- but according to Foster Cline, their parents and therapists are the ones most in need of help.

  • News

    June 15, 2000

    The Boys Next Door

    In the rush to ban sex offenders, cities and counties may inadvertently be creating more of them down the line.

  • News

    March 16, 2000

    Sight Unseen

    Carole Abbott was an expert witness in child sex-abuse cases. What she witnessed at home was a different matter.

  • News

    January 20, 2000

    Ready, Willing and Disabled

    The state's treatment of the developmentally disabled isn't broken. So why does Colorado want to fix it?

  • News

    December 9, 1999

    Boy Wonder

    Raoul Wuthrich caught the Jeffco Juvenile Justice System with its pants down.

  • News

    April 29, 1999

    Follow That Story

    Raoul Wuthrich caught the Jeffco Juvenile Justice System with its pants down.

  • News

    April 15, 1999

    The Denver Private School District

    Denver Public Schools considers privatizing its health and social services.

  • News

    February 27, 1997

    A Trust Betrayed

    Ashley Gray didn't take candy from strangers. She did from her "Uncle Jon."

  • News

    May 23, 1996

    Letters

    Ashley Gray didn't take candy from strangers. She did from her "Uncle Jon."

  • News

    May 9, 1996

    Letters

    Ashley Gray didn't take candy from strangers. She did from her "Uncle Jon."

  • News

    April 25, 1996

    Adopting an Attitude

    Since private agencies took control of adoption in colorado, costs have gone up. For would-be parents, so have the heartaches.

  • News

    March 21, 1996

    Letters

    Since private agencies took control of adoption in colorado, costs have gone up. For would-be parents, so have the heartaches.

  • News

    February 14, 1996

    DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL

    Since private agencies took control of adoption in colorado, costs have gone up. For would-be parents, so have the heartaches.

  • News

    February 14, 1996

    HOME AGAIN, HOME AGAIN

    HOW THE GOVERNMENT'S ATTEMPTS TO "REUNIFY" CHILDREN WITH THEIR PARENTS HURT KIDS AS MUCH AS THEY HELP THEM.

  • News

    January 17, 1996

    OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND

    CLOSING THE HIGHLANDS BOARDING HOME PUT SOME OF DENVER'S MENTALLY ILL RESIDENTS ON THE ROAD TO A BETTER LIFE--AND LEFT OTHERS OUT IN THE COLD.LOST IN BEDLAM FOR MANY OF THE HIGHLANDS 100, DENVER'S PLAN TO RELOCATE THE MENTALLY ILL HAS BEEN A MOVE TO OBLIV

  • News

    December 13, 1995

    LETTERS

    CLOSING THE HIGHLANDS BOARDING HOME PUT SOME OF DENVER'S MENTALLY ILL RESIDENTS ON THE ROAD TO A BETTER LIFE--AND LEFT OTHERS OUT IN THE COLD.LOST IN BEDLAM FOR MANY OF THE HIGHLANDS 100, DENVER'S PLAN TO RELOCATE THE MENTALLY ILL HAS BEEN A MOVE TO OBLIV

  • News

    December 6, 1995

    WHO'S THE BOSS?

    THE BATTLE LINES ARE FORMING IN THE BREWING POLITICAL SKIRMISH OVER PARENTS' RIGHTS.

  • News

    November 29, 1995

    THE BOTTOM DROPS OUT

    THE BATTLE LINES ARE FORMING IN THE BREWING POLITICAL SKIRMISH OVER PARENTS' RIGHTS.

  • News

    August 23, 1995

    LETTERS

    THE BATTLE LINES ARE FORMING IN THE BREWING POLITICAL SKIRMISH OVER PARENTS' RIGHTS.

  • News

    August 23, 1995

    THE CLIENTS

    THE BATTLE LINES ARE FORMING IN THE BREWING POLITICAL SKIRMISH OVER PARENTS' RIGHTS.

  • News

    August 16, 1995

    AFTERNOON DELIGHT

    AN INQUIRY TURNS DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICIALS INTO PICNIC BASKET CASES.

  • News

    March 15, 1995

    A WEALTH OF TROUBLE

    HOW THE WORLD TURNED UGLY FOR A CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE BEAUTY QUEEN.TO GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE WE GO WHEN A THREE-YEAR-OLD BOY SAID SHE TOUCHED HIS "TUSHIE," THE GOOD LIFE ENDED FOR BARBARA HUTTNER.

  • News

    November 9, 1994

    SUFFER THE CHILDRENWILL A LANDMARK LAWSUIT SPUR CHANGES IN THE STATE'S FOSTER CARE SYSTEM?

    HOW THE WORLD TURNED UGLY FOR A CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE BEAUTY QUEEN.TO GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE WE GO WHEN A THREE-YEAR-OLD BOY SAID SHE TOUCHED HIS "TUSHIE," THE GOOD LIFE ENDED FOR BARBARA HUTTNER.

  • News

    March 9, 1994

    WILD AT HEART

    HOW THE WORLD TURNED UGLY FOR A CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE BEAUTY QUEEN.TO GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE WE GO WHEN A THREE-YEAR-OLD BOY SAID SHE TOUCHED HIS "TUSHIE," THE GOOD LIFE ENDED FOR BARBARA HUTTNER.

  • News

    February 16, 1994

    A TOUCHING STORY

    HOW THE WORLD TURNED UGLY FOR A CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE BEAUTY QUEEN.TO GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE WE GO WHEN A THREE-YEAR-OLD BOY SAID SHE TOUCHED HIS "TUSHIE," THE GOOD LIFE ENDED FOR BARBARA HUTTNER.

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    Are charges finally about to be filed against Richard Heene in Balloon Boy case?

    David Lane represents Richard Heene. It's a dirty job, but somebody has to do it.​Update below: Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett was appointed as special prosecutor after lawyer David Lane accused Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden of breaking the law by talking about a child-abuse inv ... More >>

  • News

    July 29, 2010

    Death Knell: Colorado wants reforms for its child-welfare system, but the biggest change is off the table

    David Lane represents Richard Heene. It's a dirty job, but somebody has to do it.​Update below: Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett was appointed as special prosecutor after lawyer David Lane accused Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden of breaking the law by talking about a child-abuse inv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2010

    Mile High Music Festival: Ozomatli on activism and working under the Bush administration

    ​ This is distinctly American music. Working with a lineup that's fluctuated between six and ten and has included members of Jurassic 5, Ozomatli has for some fifteen years been blending Latin rhythms and hip-hop influences for a sound that's as big as it is varied and multicultural. The U.S. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2010

    Medical marijuana & child abuse charges: Riah McBee, caregiver, on effort to take his kids away

    Riah McBee.​At 8:30 a.m. this morning, a preliminary hearing is scheduled in the case of medical marijuana caregiver Joseph Lightfoot, who's charged with child abuse simply for growing pot in his home. Riah McBee can identify with Lightfoot's situation. Last year, he faced similar accusations ... More >>

  • News

    July 21, 2011

    Sexual abuse lies keep man in prison; courts refuse to hold new trial

    Riah McBee.​At 8:30 a.m. this morning, a preliminary hearing is scheduled in the case of medical marijuana caregiver Joseph Lightfoot, who's charged with child abuse simply for growing pot in his home. Riah McBee can identify with Lightfoot's situation. Last year, he faced similar accusations ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2011

    Child Protective Services protest rally at State Capitol: Can foster care lead to abuse?

    ​"Kidnapping is illegal by Child Protective Services." "Our constitutional rights are violated." "Foster care more dangerous than family care." Those are some of the slogans you can expect to see during a noon rally at the State Capitol. Govabuse.org organized the rally as part of the site's n ... More >>

  • News

    November 3, 2011

    Child-sex-trafficking stereotypes demolished by new research

    ​"Kidnapping is illegal by Child Protective Services." "Our constitutional rights are violated." "Foster care more dangerous than family care." Those are some of the slogans you can expect to see during a noon rally at the State Capitol. Govabuse.org organized the rally as part of the site's n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Backpage.com response to John Suthers's announcement of human-trafficking indictment

    John Suthers.​Late yesterday, Colorado Attorney General John Suthers announced that his office had secured an indictment for fourteen individuals suspected of running a human-trafficking ring that trafficked children for sex at locations ranging from Denver to Grand Junction. Although the seve ... More >>

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