“REVISITING MARKS, MISSISSIPPI”
During her research for the Children's Defense Fund's recent report "Held Captive": Child Poverty in America, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Julia Cass visited the Mississippi Delta, [...]
Read More“POOR CHILDREN: STRANDED AT SEA”
As Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Julia Cass prepared the recent Children's Defense Fund's report "Held Captive": Child Poverty in America, she traveled to the Mississippi Delta, [...]
Read More““THE NEW JIM CROW””
"Jarvious Cotton cannot vote. Like his father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and great-great-grandfather, he has been denied the right to participate in our electoral democracy... Cotton's great-great-grandfather [...]
Read More“DEAMONTE DRIVER’S CONTINUING LEGACY”
Four years ago this February, an entire community was devastated in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C., when 12-year-old seventh grader Deamonte Driver [...]
Read More“A CALL TO BLACK FAMILIES”
The distinguished theologian Howard Thurman once described an oak tree in his childhood yard with leaves that each autumn turned yellow and died but stayed [...]
Read More“LIGHTING A SUCCESSFUL SPARK”
"On your mark, get set, ready, go!" In the language of childhood, these words are an exciting invitation—and a signal that it's time to be at [...]
Read More“YOUNG PEOPLE FALLING BEHIND ECONOMICALLY”
While there is a lot of talk today about jobs, there has been far too little attention paid to the job prospects of young people. [...]
Read More“RENEWING THE PROMISE OF THE CHILD HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM”
February 4th marks the second anniversary of the Child Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA), which has already helped many states make significant improvements in [...]
Read More““HELD CAPTIVE:” CHILD POVERTY IN AMERICA”
My father told me I could do and be anything I wanted to be if I dreamed and worked hard enough for it. I took [...]
Read More“REMEMBERING SARGENT SHRIVER”
When Sargent Shriver passed away on January 18 at age 95, we lost a man whose life's work improved the lives of millions of people [...]
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