Lynn C. Franklin, Literary Agent and Memoirist on Adoption, Dies at 74
She represented Desmond Tutu and Deepak Chopra, but the book closest to her was the one she wrote about giving up her baby [...]
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Opinion | For Adoptees, a Deep Yearning ‘to Know Where You Come From’
To the Editor: Re “I Was Denied My Birth Story,” by Steve Inskeep (Op-Ed, March 28): I was so moved by Steve Inskeep’s [...]
Woman’s Search for Her Birth Parents Leads to a Story of Murder
In 2017, Kathy Gillcrist, newly retired from her job as a high school teacher, was wondering what she would do next. She had [...]
Mother and daughter reunited after 42 years, in time for Chinese New Year
SINGAPORE – A trip to the doctor’s office in 1990 when she was 12 years old, to have her blood tested for her [...]
Fast-Tracked Adoption Of Second-generation Resistant Maize Varieties Key To Managing Maize Lethal Necrosis In Africa
By Joshua Masinde Scientists are calling for accelerated adoption of new hybrid maize varieties with resistance to maize lethal necrosis (MLN) disease in [...]
An Earthquake, an Orphanage, and New Beginnings for Haitian Children in America
When a devastating earthquake hit Haiti in 2010, a teenager named John Peter was playing basketball in the yard outside the small orphanage [...]
‘Devastating’: B.C. couples left in the lurch, out thousands after adoption agency closes
Families in B.C. seeking to adopt a child are reeling after the agency they had been dealing with was suddenly shut down. Four [...]