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Recent Blogs
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For Our Children: Back to School
As we find inspiration in history, we are challenged to make progress for young people in the present.
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For Our Children
When young Black and Brown children and youth see their stories in books—when they read about families like theirs, from neighborhoods like their own—they learn more effectively.
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House Passed Budget Cuts Would Harm Children & Youth
On April 26, the House passed a bill that uses the ongoing debate around lifting the debt ceiling to force budget cuts to critical federal programs that support the health and wellbeing of children and youth. This bill would result in millions of Americans losing their access to quality and affordable healthcare, cash assistance and income support through TANF, rental assistance, and access to child care.
Child Watch® Columns
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Children Are Supposed to Enjoy Their Lives
What did you do over summer break? It’s a common question for students getting ready to head back to school, and thousands of young scholars […]
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“Give Light and People Will Find the Way”
Earlier this year, members of the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools® team and other colleagues had opportunity to attend a training session near the […]
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Olive Wright Covington: Sister, Teacher
If one word describes me, it would be TEACHER. —Olive Wright Covington This summer my big sister Olive Wright Covington passed away. Olive was a […]
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