Adoption

NEW YORK — The number of foreign children adopted by Americans fell by 13 percent last year, reaching the lowest level since 1995 due in large part to a virtual halt to adoptions from Guatemala because of corruption problems.

Since Sandra Bullock’s announcement last week in People magazine that she’s adopted a Black baby boy from New Orleans, there has been a lot of debate on the issue of transracial adoption.

Since Sandra Bullock’s announcement last week in People magazine that she’s adopted a Black baby boy from New Orleans, there has been a lot of debate on the issue of transracial adoption.

they go with just about everything, don't they?

From the AFP: WASHINGTON — US parents looking to adopt a child prefer girls over boys, and non-black children over African-Americans, according to a new study carried out by a group of economists.

From The Root: Call them kidnappers. Call them good Samaritans. Call them unwitting victims to a political drama staged by the beleaguered Haitian government.