On AlterNet: orphans

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "orphans"

Immigrant Children Tell Congress Their “Wish for the Holidays” - Keep Our Families Together

Elena Shore, New America Media. December 16, 2011.

More than 5,000 letters from young people across the country were delivered to Congress last week, with one simple message: To keep their families together.

Many Westerners Are Adopting Children Bought or Stolen from Their Parents

E.J. Graff, Foreign Policy. February 5, 2009.

Parents might never know if their adopted child is truly an orphan.

Occupation's Toll: 5 Million Iraqi Children Orphaned

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. December 18, 2007.

It is said that Iraq is the world's best-known conflict but the least well-known humanitarian crisis.