The Christian communal movement has long faced accusations from former members who allege harsh discipline, forced labor and ...

"What We Carry" is a sensitive documentary that captures both the necessity and the difficulty of having these conversations.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Children's health experts have called for corporal punishment to be "abolished." So why is it still legal in many states? (Getty ...

The New York Times plans to soon publish a monthslong investigation of Hasidic yeshivas documenting widespread failures in secular subjects; poor training of English teachers and few hours devoted to ...

New Jersey became the first state to ban corporal punishment but a Missouri school district plans on reviving such disciplinary measures. Cassville, a school district in southwest Missouri, plans to ...