“JUST SAY NO – TO CORPORATE GREED”
Repatriation. It's a word many schoolchildren probably haven't yet learned to define or even seen very often outside of spelling bees. But when it comes [...]
Read More“JOBS, JOBS, JOBS, STUPID”
"The Economy Stupid" were the words on the now famous sign in successful presidential candidate Bill Clinton's 1992 war room. Today, that sign should be [...]
Read More“MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. MEMORIAL DEDICATION”
We honor Dr. King today in stone. Let us honor him tomorrow and every day—for as long as it takes—with powerful, persistent voices and unrelenting [...]
Read More“A PARENT, COMMUNITY, AND NATIONAL AUDIT: IT’S TIME FOR ADULTS TO SHAPE UP AND CLOSE THE HYPOCRISY GAP”
I am often asked, what's wrong with our children? Children having children. Children killing themselves or others. Children dropping out of school and roaming streets [...]
Read More“NATIONAL AND STATE SAFETY NETS FAIL TO CATCH MILLIONS OF CHILDREN”
The Children's Defense Fund has launched a new series of stories on our web sitefeaturing children and their parents who have fallen on very hard times. [...]
Read More“IS OUR NATION ON THE TITANIC?”
A theologian friend took her car to a Jiffy Lube for servicing. Not having anything to read, she picked up a manual on the coffee [...]
Read More“DISCOURAGING NEWS ON CHILD POVERTY”
Thirteen-year-old Brittanie Potter and her 12-year-old sister Sydney held a bake sale and garage sale at their Marion, Ohio home this summer with a simple [...]
Read More“SUPPORTING GRANDPARENTS CARING FOR CHILDREN”
At a time in life when many are beginning to ease into retirement and enjoying a little more free time, Mr. and Mrs. B. found [...]
Read More“STOP POLITICAL LIONS FROM ATTACKING OUR CHILDREN: JOIN THE RESCUE POSSE”
One of the most-watched videos on YouTube a few years ago showed the struggle of a water buffalo family and herd to save a child. [...]
Read More“KIDS COUNT: TALLYING THE HIGH COSTS OF THE ECONOMY FOR CHILDREN”
"I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and [...]
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