“THE COSTS OF HEALTH CARE ARE BURYING AMERICAN FAMILIES”
Unpaid medical bills are piling up on kitchen tables all over America. In addition to the rising costs of food, gas and housing, more and [...]
Read More“LET’S TAKE BULLYING SERIOUSLY”
A youthful tough who got his growth spurt early gets cruel gratification from intimidating weaker peers. The popular jock cruises the locker room looking for [...]
Read More“CONGRESS MUST ACT TO PROTECT YOUNG DETAINEES FROM ABUSE”
In recent years, the Children's Defense Fund has received horrifying reports of the physical and sexual abuse of children and teens in juvenile correctional facilities. [...]
Read More“WASHINGTON’S TWO ECONOMIES—A GROWING INCOME GAP”
Washington, D.C., the nation's capital, is one of the great cities of the world. Tourists come here from around the globe to enjoy its world-class [...]
Read More“WE MUST END CHILD HUNGER NOW”
In America, millions of low-income families struggle each month to obtain a minimally adequate diet. In 2006, 12.6 million children and 22.9 million adults lived [...]
Read More“JOIN THE GRANDRALLY AND HELP GRANDPARENTSAND OTHER RELATIVES RAISING CHILDREN”
What happens to the children of a single mother who becomes so disabled by mental illness or substance abuse that she can't take care of [...]
Read More“CELEBRATING YOUNG PEOPLE WHO BEAT THE ODDS”
I'm always delighted to write columns about people who are doing what's right and good, especially when they're young. So I'd like to share with [...]
Read More“HONORING KING IS NOT ENOUGH”
The day after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was shot, I went out into the riot-torn Washington, D.C., streets and into schools in those neighborhoods [...]
Read More“HELPING LOW-INCOME TAXPAYERS GET THEIR DUE”
Great news: Within the thousands of pages of tax law lies a provision called the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) that enables many working poor [...]
Read More“MISSOURI’S HUMANE AND SENSIBLE APPROACH TO JUVENILE JUSTICE”
At younger and younger ages, children and teens who go through the juvenile justice systems of many states are condemned to long terms at large [...]
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