“THE PLAYGROUND JAIL”
Adults often start conversations with children by asking them what they want to be when they grow up. We tell them to dream big, and [...]
Read More“DR. DOROTHY HEIGHT—EXTRAORDINARY LEADER, LANTERN, AND ROLE MODEL”
"We African American Women seldom do just what we want to do, but always what we have to do. I am grateful to have been [...]
Read More“REMEMBERING JAIME ESCALANTE”
When Jaime Escalante died of cancer on March 30, we lost a pioneering teacher who changed people's ideas of what children are capable of learning. Many people [...]
Read More“HAITI’S RESTAVÈK CHILDREN: THE CHILD SERVITUDE CRISIS”
The recent earthquake in Haiti gave the rest of the world a glimpse of a form of child suffering that often goes unseen. When a [...]
Read More“FIGHTING CHILDHOOD OBESITY”
When First Lady Michelle Obama decided to launch the "Let's Move" campaign to fight childhood obesity, she brought much needed attention to a crisis facing millions of [...]
Read More“JUVENILE JUSTICE REFORM: MAKING THE “MISSOURI MODEL” AN AMERICAN MODEL”
The state of Missouri has created a juvenile justice system that has proved so successful over the last thirty years it's known as the "Missouri [...]
Read More“CHILDREN NEED BETTER PROTECTION FROM ABUSE AND NEGLECT”
In January 2008, four sisters were found dead in their southeast Washington, D.C. home. The girls, ages 5, 6, 11, and 17, had been [...]
Read More“WRONG PLACE, WRONG TIME”
When young Black men are the victims of violent injuries in their urban neighborhoods, what happens next? This question haunted Dr. John Rich, who was [...]
Read More“LEAVING THE LITTLEST ONES BEHIND”
When people talk about the "achievement gap" at-risk children face, they often think of it in terms that apply to school-age children—but that gap can [...]
Read More“REMEMBERING HOWARD ZINN”
When Howard Zinn passed away on January 27 at age 87, the nation mourned the loss of a pioneering historian and social activist who revolutionized [...]
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