“THE BUDGET IS NOT FAIR, MR. CHAIR”
“The budget is not fair, Mr. Chair, if 69 percent of the cuts comes from programs for low-income children and families and we are giving [...]
Read More“The budget is not fair, Mr. Chair, if 69 percent of the cuts comes from programs for low-income children and families and we are giving [...]
Read MoreA perennial favorite science project from preschool on up is the “seed experiment”: A child plants identical seeds in two pots. She places the first [...]
Read MoreNew York City received a lot of attention recently with a bold promise made to some of its youngest residents: Mayor Bill de Blasio ran [...]
Read MoreNew York City received a lot of attention recently with a bold promise made to some of its youngest residents: Mayor Bill de Blasio ran [...]
Read More“. . . We see repeated efforts in Congress in recent years to take resources away from poor and middle-class children and families, like food [...]
Read MoreAlmost one year after I first wrote about Ka’nard Allen, his story—and the stories of several other children whose lives are connected to his—remain a [...]
Read MoreUntil the killing of Black men, Black mothers’ sons, becomes as important to the rest of the country as the killing of a White mother’s [...]
Read MoreWomen’s History Month is a reminder that in every major American social reform movement, women have always played a critical role. Women at the forefront, [...]
Read MoreOne of our country’s most cherished values is the idea that if you work hard you can get ahead, be part of the middle class, [...]
Read More“I feel like a lot of people when they encounter adversity—a lot will just say, ‘Oh, well, I guess I can’t do that. I’m going [...]
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