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Adoption

Ann and Nelson Woodfork walk with their recently adopted son, Shicoren Adams. (Courtesy Nightly News)

Baby boomers tout virtues of adopting at older age

Carrie Healey
theGRIO REPORT - Everyday ten thousand Americans in the baby boom generation are reaching the traditional age of retirement, 65...
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Tarikuwa Lemma

Stop 'rescuing' African children through corrupt adoptions

Tarikuwa Lemma
OPINION - It is a tragedy to travel to this deeply historical country of Ethiopia...
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This image released by Liz Rosenberg Media shows singer Madonna visiting school children in Chorwe, Malawi on Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Madonna’s foundation, Raising Malawi, has built ten schools in partnership with BuildOn which are currently educating over 4,000 students per year. (AP Photo/Liz Rosenberg Media)

Malawian government harshly criticizes Madonna

Raphael Tenthani, Associated Press
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) - The Malawi government issued an angry attack on the pop diva Madonna Wednesday, alleging expected to be granted VIP treatment during her controversial tour to this southern African country last week...
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32-year-old man adopted by former foster mother

Monica Garske and Lea Sutton, NBC San Diego
NBC San Diego - Nearly 20 years after being ripped apart from his foster parents, a 32-year-old man was officially adopted Friday in San Diego by the woman he has always considered to be his mother.
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(stock photo courtesy of Fotolia)

Uplifting African-American foster youth

Karen Bass
OPINION - Each year during Black History Month we reflect on the contributions African-Americans are making to our great country. It’s become customary this month be used to galvanize African-Americans around the issues disproportionately impacting our community...
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January 26, 2012: Sandra Bullock is all smiles as she picks up her adorable son, Louis Bullock, from preschool in beautiful Los Angeles, Calif. today.
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Black baby adoption: Hollywood fad?

Ciara Campbell
SLIDESHOW - theGrio takes a look at 10 Hollywood celebrities who have adopted black children recently as well as in the past...
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 14: Queen Latifah sings during the BET Honors 2012 at the Warner Theatre on January 14, 2012 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kris Connor/Getty Images)

Queen Latifah adopting a child

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Entertainment Tonight reports that Queen Latifah told Barbara Walters on The View that she is in the process for adopting a child...
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A Dallas mother accused of trying to sell her son in a classified ad.

Mother denies trying to sell baby

theGrio
DALLAS - A Dallas woman accused of trying to sell her baby through a classified ad said in a jailhouse interview Monday that she was trying to find an adoptive family for her son.
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Seven Siblings Graduating

7 siblings graduate school together

theGrio
VIDEO - They look like a gathering of the United Nations, but you can just call them the Seitz Senior seven...
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Madonna's adopted children, David Banda and Mercy James

Madonna's African children go for cupcake run

Alexis Garrett Stodghill
SLIDESHOW - The paparazzi have snapped Madonna's adopted African children, David Banda and Mercy James, in New York City recently -- apparently after a cupcake run...
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