The lower court must reconsider its rulings related to Oklahoma's birth certificate gender policy and family planning funds.

"Many people can go a long time without needing a birth certificate or other ID, but when an emergency happens, like needing ...

“Try flying any plane with a baby if you want a sense of what it must have been like to be a leper in the fourteenth century, ...

An NGO has taken the South African government to court over a backlog of hundreds of thousands of applications for late birth ...

This is not about digging up drama. It’s about restoring dignity. Access to an original birth certificate isn’t about ...

Maryland health advocates and policymakers warn that Medicaid changes could affect not only low-income residents but also ...

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This article discusses how racial categories, rooted in social history, are used in records and society. It argues race isn’t ...

On Beaufort County's St. Helena Island, a Gullah Geechee woman lives and grows crops on her ancestors' farmland and improves ...

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Without birth certificates, they are shut out of schools, denied passports and left without a national ID, making long-term development nearly impossible. These barriers are especially disheartening ...

Posse members said in March that there was probable cause that Obama's long-form birth certificate released by the White House in April 2011 was a computer-generated forgery.