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Naomi Schaefer Riley

Naomi Schaefer Riley

The Atlantic

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Could Ozempic save families from addiction and foster care?

Could Ozempic save families from addiction and foster care?

GLP-1s have been shown to reduce drug cravings. What if they can help prevent drug-fueled child abuse and neglect?

yesterday 10

Boston Globe

Naomi Schaefer Riley

How foundations that support child welfare lost their way

24.04.2026 10

Washington Examiner

Naomi Schaefer Riley

Zohran Mamdani’s ACS choice puts ‘racial equity’ above keeping NYC kids safe and alive

Rebecca Jones Gaston served as the leader of child welfare agencies in Oregon and Maryland, as well as the head of the Administration on Children,...

07.04.2026 8

New York Post

Naomi Schaefer Riley

Missing boy Jacob Pritchett is a reminder of why we can’t leave disabled kids with ill-equipped parents

Agencies cannot be cowed by parent advocates into keeping a disabled child in a home with parents who are completely overwhelmed by the...

29.03.2026 10

New York Post

Naomi Schaefer Riley

No, it DOESN’T make sense to give cash to a drug-abusing parent

For the media, activists and many of the folks who work in child welfare these days, government intervention, not child abuse, is the real danger.

22.03.2026 8

New York Post

Naomi Schaefer Riley

Another toddler dead because progressives believe ACS should be abolished

Williams, whose 2-year-old son succumbed to his injuries at NewYork-Presbyterian, says she tried to get the authorities to pay attention to the...

09.02.2026 10

New York Post

Naomi Schaefer Riley

Fight leftist indoctrination in higher education without censorship

06.02.2026 10

Washington Examiner

Naomi Schaefer Riley

Legislation passed by Gov. Hochul makes it harder to save the lives of abused children

Lissette Soto Domenech’s emaciated 14-year-old sons — whom she wanted “to stay babies forever” — would probably be dead were it not for...

23.01.2026 20

New York Post

Naomi Schaefer Riley

Drug use has lost its stigma — and that’s dangerous

Attention, parents: There’s a hot new onesie you’ll no doubt want to order for your baby immediately. The Harm Reduction Coalition’s...

11.11.2025 10

New York Post

Naomi Schaefer Riley

Free cash to poor families isn’t helping the kids

New study finds that stipends have limited impact on the development of children.

20.08.2025 10

Boston Globe

Naomi Schaefer Riley

NY state courts are blocking Children’s Services in domestic violence cases — and that needs to change

According to the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, “Approximately 30 to 60% of children from homes where domestic abuse is...

09.08.2025 10

New York Post

Naomi Schaefer Riley

Albany will slice a lifeline for New York’s abused kids — unless Kathy Hochul takes a stand

The state Legislature has passed a bill outlawing anonymous reports to the state’s central hotline for child abuse and neglect — putting...

08.07.2025 10

New York Post

Naomi Schaefer Riley

Insiders reveal why ACS decided to leave kids in hands of abusive parents

“We have dismantled the system designed to protect kids.”

15.05.2025 10

New York Post

Naomi Schaefer Riley

7 children died in abusive NYC homes because progressives say it’s racist to save them

Dominated by a progressive ideology that leaves children in unsafe homes and a leadership that is withholding information about what’s going wrong...

06.05.2025 10

New York Post

Naomi Schaefer Riley

How NYC’s lax child-protection standards failed Promise Cotton

New Yorkers care about their neighbors — when we see something, we do in fact say something. But our public servants do not always respond.

22.04.2025 10

New York Post

Naomi Schaefer Riley

This court ‘win for mothers’ puts CHILDREN’S lives at risk

The court ruled that unless the mother herself abused her child, ACS can't compel her to accept any kind of check-ins to make sure an abusive...

28.02.2025 9

New York Post

Naomi Schaefer Riley

Harvard takes small, vital step to revive open dialogue

Harvard will restore delivery boxes for campus publications "as a way of honoring the labor and creativity of our students while fostering the...

18.02.2025 10

Boston Globe

Naomi Schaefer Riley