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Children in Beirut battle trauma after deadly explosion

When the huge explosion ripped through Beirut last week, it shattered the glass doors near where 3-year-old Abed Itani was playing …

How a Couple Got Each Other Through Cancer

In September 2015, Jessica learned that she had stage 2B breast cancer, and six months later Dan was told that he had treatable stage 4 colon cancer. …

Should Any Parents Be Instagramming Their Kids?

It feels like it happened years ago — before law enforcement gassed protesters to clear a path for President Trump’s Bible-clutching photo…

Priyanka Chopra raises her voice against child abuse

Actor Priyanka Chopra has strongly condemned child abuse and called it ‘simply unacceptable’. She wrote on Twitter that as adults,…

Children Cannot Continue To Be Victims Of Wars Waged By Previous Generation

June 4 is the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression, established by UN General Assembly resolution on August 19,…

Stop Backsliding on Use of Child Soldiers

When I joined Human Rights Watch more than two decades ago, I quickly became involved with a global campaign to stop the use of child soldiers. …