Wear Orange
May 29 was Memorial Day in the United States, and the long weekend that is traditionally observed with shared American remembrance made headlines again for [...]
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“I See Myself and the Books Give Me Hope”
Amanda Gorman, the eloquent 25-year-old Harvard graduate who was our nation’s first ever National Youth Poet Laureate, recently became one of the latest authors to [...]
Read MoreA Lesson from Ambassador James Joseph
I recently attended a memorial service for my dear friend and former Children’s Defense Fund Board Chair Ambassador James Joseph. Ambassador Joseph was a civil [...]
Read MoreSo Much Work to Do
Mothers. Grandmothers. Women. We have so much work to do. So many mothers and infant lives to save. So many child dreams to realize and [...]
Read MoreRemembering the Children’s Crusade
“Daddy,” the boy said, “I don’t want to disobey you, but I have made my pledge. If you try to keep me home, I will [...]
Read MoreHarry Belafonte
“I’ve always looked at the world and thought, what can I do next? Where do we go from here? How can we fix it? And [...]
Read MoreIt’s Always the Guns
Gun violence takes a relentless toll in our nation. Every day more than 300 people are killed or injured by guns in the United States, [...]
Read MoreDoing Something
After yet another mass shooting made headlines this week—this time, at a bank in Louisville, Kentucky—the chief medical officer for University of Louisville Health gained [...]
Read MoreA Ripe Time
This special holy season this year, as many people are observing Ramadan, Passover, and Easter during the same week, is also fifty-five years to the [...]
Read MoreBeyond Thoughts and Prayers
It happened again. This time, the mass school shooting was at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee. The victims were custodian Michael Hill, principal Katherine [...]
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