When Child Protective Services Gets It Wrong | What Next | Daily News and Analysis Podcast

An investigation into child welfare agencies around the country uncovered that the vast majority of searches of home environments happen without anything like a warrant, increasing the stress for parents as well as the children whose welfare is supposed to be being protected. Guest: Eli Hager, ProPublica reporter covering issues affecting children and teens in the Southwest. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Note: Captions are auto-generated by YouTube. Subscribe to Slate:    / slate   Learn more: https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next Follow Slate on Social: Host Mary Harris on Twitter:   / marysdesk   Slate on Twitter -   / slate   Slate Podcasts on Twitter -   / slatepodcasts   Slate on Facebook:   / slate   Slate on Instagram:   / slate