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Ashley Belanger

Mental Health

Netflix's Maid Shows Just How Insidious Financial Abuse Can Be

And it's a growing problem during the pandemic.
Politics

This Is What Really Happens After a Kid Goes Missing

“Engaging the public...has brought home countless numbers of kids.”
Politics

The Santa Fe High School Survivors, In Their Own Words

Here's what they've said about the school shooting.
Politics

What Politicians Always Say After a Shooting vs. What They Could Actually Do

Thoughts and prayers aren't enough.
Politics

Delaware Became the First State to Ban Child Marriage

"We are pushing forward in other states, too."
Politics

The Parkland Survivors Called Out Marco Rubio, the NRA, and America's Broken Democracy

"We’re tired of hearing that we’re too young to make a change.”
Politics

100 Parkland Students Took a 6-Hour Bus Ride to Meet Their Lawmakers

They slept on cots and are visiting the Florida capitol building today.
Politics

Marco Rubio Wonders How Someone Acquired an Assault Rifle

Yet he still isn’t calling for more gun control, and the irony is lost on him.
Politics

Most Minors Who Are Married Can't File for Divorce — Even if They Want To

The final installment of Wedlocked, our series about child marriage in the U.S., explores divorce.
Politics

How One 17-year-old Tried to End Child Marriage in Her State

Meet Cassandra Levesque.
Politics

What Most People Get Wrong About Religion and Child Marriage

Wedlocked, our child marriage series, continues.
Politics

I Was Married at 14

Wedlocked, our series on child marriage in the U.S., continues.
Politics

Marriage for Those Under 18 Is Legal in EVERY STATE in the U.S.

It's an underreported issue.