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Two decades of reporting on children inside U.S. child welfare systems, 2005 to today. Every item carries its provenance inline: who wrote it, when, and what kind of evidence it is.
Articles are republished as written, with original news citations preserved. No images from the original corpus appear in any form. Where a piece names a specific child, the case is already part of the public record — see our editorial policy. To find a specific state, county, or case, the search is faster than paging; each state page carries its own archive alongside its numbers.
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- How We Treat Women and Children in America
KARA reportingMike TikkanenFebruary 22, 2015
- KARA Talk - March 1, Mike & Tiffini -Pilgrim House 10:15 Arden Hills
KARA reportingMike TikkanenFebruary 21, 2015
- Child Abuse - Trauma TED talk (the video)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenFebruary 20, 2015
- Beer, Music, Fabulous Trips (Africa/DisneyWorld) Join CASA MN March 9th at Surly Brewing 530pm (our annual fundraiser)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenFebruary 19, 2015
- KARA Conversation With A Minnesota Police Chief
KARA reportingMike TikkanenFebruary 19, 2015
- Nothing Just Fine About It
KARA reportingMike TikkanenFebruary 19, 2015
- Epigenetics & What It Means To A Child
KARA reportingMike TikkanenFebruary 18, 2015
- Maplewood Toddler Molested & Murdered (7th MN child death since Eric Dean's)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenFebruary 13, 2015
- Celebrate & Continue the Good Work of CASA Minnesota (March 9th 530 - Surly's Brewery)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenFebruary 13, 2015
- Official Launch of KARA's TPT/ Television Expose Fundraiser
KARA reportingMike TikkanenFebruary 11, 2015
- Being An Abused Child In America (the impact of language)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenFebruary 10, 2015
- News From Safe Passage For Children of Minnesota & The Child Protection Task Force
KARA reportingMike TikkanenFebruary 9, 2015
- Overwhelmed Child Protection Workers (redefining what is manageable)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenFebruary 8, 2015
- Are Class Action Lawsuits The Future For Child Protection? (Just filed in Arizona)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenFebruary 5, 2015
- Writers/Researchers Wanted (child protection information in your state)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenFebruary 3, 2015
- Join Kids At Risk Action On Facebook (& make change happen)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenFebruary 2, 2015
- Toddler Shoots Both Parents (becoming a commonplace event)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenFebruary 1, 2015
- Dear State Representative Lohmer
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJanuary 30, 2015
- Sad Stories; How America Values Its Children (a national disgrace)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJanuary 29, 2015
- Conversation at ACEs Connection (We Are Paying For This)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJanuary 28, 2015
- The State Of Child Protection in Texas (655 under-reported deaths of abused children)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJanuary 25, 2015
- KARA Update & 2015 Children & Youth Issues Briefing Friday January 23rd
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJanuary 24, 2015
- Child Protection - Research - Transparency & Safe Passage For Children (Rich Gehrman)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJanuary 23, 2015
- Child Abuse - Society Is Paying For This (Hank Marotske today's Star Tribune)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJanuary 22, 2015
- Join Kids At Risk Action (Take Action)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJanuary 21, 2015
- Child Protection, Kendrea Johnson & The Information War
KARA reportingadminJanuary 20, 2015
- Falling Through the Cracks (NYTimes) 786 Children Die While in Child Protective Services
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJanuary 19, 2015
- Minneapolis 6 Year (Kendrea Johnson) Old Hangs Herself? (police left to ponder - I don't) Star Tribune Today
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJanuary 15, 2015
- Why Teachers Quit - 2 Perspectives (Finland & Harvard)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJanuary 11, 2015
- Powerful Video Expose On Drugging 5 & 10 Year Old State Ward Children
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJanuary 9, 2015
- Minnesota Can Set A National Example Of How Child Protection Works (Bravo Task Force and Governor Dayton)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJanuary 8, 2015
- Yesterday, Don Shelby, KARA & An Expose That Grows Awareness & Concern For Abused and Neglected Children
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJanuary 7, 2015
- KARA Presentation Sunday January 11th, 9:30 am, Holy Nativity Church New Hope
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJanuary 5, 2015
- Looking For CASA guardian ad-Litems To Help With Reporting On Children's Issues
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJanuary 1, 2015
- 2 Year Old Shoots Florida Mother To Death (more common than you think)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenDecember 31, 2014
- On The Death Of 6 Year Old Kendrea Johnson (another perspective)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenDecember 30, 2014
- Kids At Risk Action TV Interview Shorts (for the record)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenDecember 29, 2014
- Nancy Zupfer Has It Right (Governor’s task force should represent children - not agencies and parents)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenDecember 19, 2014
- Abused To Death While Child Protective Services Observed - 1000+ American Children in six years (AP report)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenDecember 18, 2014
- Minneapolis Public Schools - Ready To Learn Has Real Meaning For At Risk Youth
KARA reportingMike TikkanenDecember 13, 2014
- Is Minnesota Setting A "Great" Example For Dealing With Child Protection Issues?
KARA reportingMike TikkanenDecember 13, 2014
- Support MN CASA Guardian ad-Litem Program (with a year end gift)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenDecember 12, 2014
- Comment on Brandon Stahl’s Friday article on uninvestigated child sex abuse cases 12/5/14
KARA reportingMike TikkanenDecember 8, 2014
- Child Death Reviews Thwarted in Edmonton (council chair quits in protest)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenDecember 4, 2014
- It Happens Over and Over (profound child abuse - child death - inadequate reporting & response)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenDecember 3, 2014
- Recent Mental Health Guidelines For Psychotropic Medications and Three Year Olds (I certainly don't like them)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenNovember 28, 2014
- Dear Governor Dayton's Task Force On Child Protection (for the record)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenNovember 26, 2014
- 7$ Child Daycare? (hint - gotta go north)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenNovember 20, 2014
- 5 Worst States For Child Homelessness (35% of Mississippi Children Are Impoverished)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenNovember 18, 2014
- We’re Number One (America leads the world in the wrong things)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenNovember 17, 2014
- KARA’s Brandon Stahl Reader (compiled and annotated Star Tribune articles by Brandon Stahl on child abuse & child protection for the record)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenNovember 15, 2014
- Child Abuse Stories Across the Nation
KARA reportingMike TikkanenNovember 10, 2014
- Elephant In The Room (Mitch Pearlstein PAST Star Tribune)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenNovember 8, 2014
- The Week In Toddlers Shooting People (Huffington Post Article)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenNovember 5, 2014
- Send KARA Your Stories
KARA reportingMike TikkanenNovember 2, 2014
- Child Protection News - Your State Here (Texas and Florida are tied once more)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenOctober 19, 2014
- RECENT DOCUMENTARY INTERVIEWS (David Strand)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenOctober 19, 2014
- RECENT DOCUMENTARY INTERVIEWS (Brandon Stahl)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenOctober 19, 2014
- TPT/KARA Movie Trailer (2 minutes)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenOctober 3, 2014
- Children and Youth, Front and Center (great child protection online resource)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenOctober 2, 2014
- For The Record (Toni Carter's Comments on the Death Of Eric Dean + my response)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenSeptember 29, 2014
- Thank You Ruben Rosario
KARA reportingMike TikkanenSeptember 25, 2014
- Child Protection News (gathered nationally - find your state here)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenSeptember 24, 2014
- It's Worse In Texas
KARA reportingMike TikkanenSeptember 23, 2014
- Thank You Governor Dayton (shining a light on Minnesota's Child Protection system)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenSeptember 22, 2014
- Privatized Juvenile Prisons - Kids For Cash The Movie (watch the trailer)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenSeptember 17, 2014
- Eric Dean Is One Of Many (child protection is failing children in most states)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenSeptember 14, 2014
- Admitting I Have Problem Is The Hardest Part (thank you Brandon Stahl for identifying the problem)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenSeptember 11, 2014
- WCCO / KARA Radio Interview (Jordana Green Show)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenSeptember 9, 2014
- Changing A Bad Law (thank you Brandon Stahl & Star Tribune)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenSeptember 9, 2014
- Brandon Stahl Reports (reporting on the reporter)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenSeptember 8, 2014
- Another Avoidable Child Death
KARA reportingMike TikkanenSeptember 5, 2014
- Why Are So Many Six Year Olds On Prozac?
KARA reportingMike TikkanenSeptember 2, 2014
- Guardian ad-Litem News
KARA reportingMike TikkanenAugust 28, 2014
- Almost Half The Children Dying From Abuse In Colorado Were In Or Known To Child Protection Workers (72 of 175)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenAugust 26, 2014
- This Week's At Risk Children's News
KARA reportingMike TikkanenAugust 22, 2014
- Founder of ACEsTooHigh and ACEsConnection Jane Stevens
KARA reportingMike TikkanenAugust 20, 2014
- KARA -TPT Television Documentary Update
KARA reportingMike TikkanenAugust 17, 2014
- What's The Difference? (and why we should care)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenAugust 17, 2014
- The Most Important Child Friendly Sites of This Week
KARA reportingMike TikkanenAugust 14, 2014
- This Week's Child Death Reporting
KARA reportingMike TikkanenAugust 14, 2014
- Guardian ad Litems Exchanging Stories & Ideas
KARA reportingMike TikkanenAugust 9, 2014
- About Women In Prison (most are primary caregivers, many lose their children forever)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenAugust 5, 2014
- KARA tpt Progress Report
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJuly 31, 2014
- Most Interesting Child Abuse Articles Of The Week
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJuly 25, 2014
- Powerful Stories From The Atlantic Journal (here's a preview)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJuly 24, 2014
- We Could Do Better (lowest of the 38 states offering 4 year olds ECE)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJuly 23, 2014
- It Could Be Worse (Virginia screens out 83% of all child abuse complaints)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJuly 11, 2014
- New Video From Safe Passage For Children (it's a Wow)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJuly 9, 2014
- State Ward Children As Medical Guinea Pigs (or parents withholding medical treatment for religious reasons?)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJune 30, 2014
- This Is Happening (KARA's Public TV Documentary Project)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJune 29, 2014
- What Does America Have In Common With Oman & Papua New Guinea?
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJune 23, 2014
- CASA Guardian ad-Litem News (updates from around the nation)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJune 22, 2014
- Brutal Truths and Worst Practices (America's injustice System)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJune 16, 2014
- Listen To Invisible Children Book (for free)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJune 12, 2014
- KARA Brooklyn Park Think Again Presentation, Pizza and Social - June 17, 6pm
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJune 11, 2014
- Child Welfare In The News (find your state here - some international)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJune 5, 2014
- Tuesday, June 17 6pm KARA Brooklyn Park Think Again Presentation, Pizza, and Social
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJune 1, 2014
- Help KARA Accomplish Its Mission (volunteer & support our documentary project)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenMay 29, 2014
- Kilah's Law
KARA reportingMike TikkanenMay 27, 2014