To Love Our Children, We Must Protect Them
Two years ago, America’s deadly romance with guns resulted in a heartbreaking tragedy.
Read MoreYouth Voices: My Volunteerism with Eastside Community Action Center
During my recent semester at Michigan State University, I was presented with an opportunity to volunteer at an afterschool program called Eastside Community Action Center (ECAC).
Read MoreThe Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act Will Address E-Cigarettes Targeted toward Children
Between 2017 and 2019, e-cigarette use more than doubled among high school students and tripled among middle school students. The Children's Defense Fund is proud to support the Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2020 in the fight against this concerning trend.
Read MoreNew Data Shows Increase in Students Experiencing Homelessness
During his State of the Union address this week, the President told a misleading story about the economy steadily chipping away at poverty across the country.
Read MoreCongress Discusses Ongoing Regulatory Threats to America’s Children
The House Committee on Oversight and Reform will conduct a series of hearings focused on how various proposed regulations by the Trump Administration will negatively impact children. We are hopeful these hearings will help shine a light on that fact as they sound the alarm bell on the Trump Administration’s repeated attempts to underestimate our child poverty rate and deprive children of health care, housing, nutritious food, and clean air and water.
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Thinking of Our Children During the State of the Union Address
Tonight President Trump will address the nation as he delivers his State of the Union remarks. Reports suggest he will present a “relentless optimism,” but our newly-released annual report—State of American’s Children 2020—offers a dramatically different picture: the current state of our children is unacceptable and must be urgently addressed.
Read MoreFighting Fear with Facts: “It All Starts with Trust”
The Trump administration’s cruel, confusing and anti-immigrant public charge regulations are intentionally wonky and complex.
Read MoreNew Report Shows Slight Increase in Child Abuse and Neglect
Earlier this month, the Children’s Bureau released Child Maltreatment 2018, the 29th annual report from the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS).
Read MoreNew Legislative Report Card Grades Lawmakers on How Well They Protect Children
Today, the Children's Defense Fund Action Council released its nonpartisan Legislative Report Card which takes a comprehensive look at the legislative work each Member of Congress did for children in the first session of the 116th Congress.
Read MoreHappening Now: “My Kids Shouldn’t Experience Such Things”
The Trump administration’s immigration policy priorities are shaping an anti-immigrant environment that is harming our children. Children, whether at the Peace Arch, or the southern border or within the interior of this country, are hurting—afraid they might wake up to find loved ones gone, afraid to speak languages that might “get [them] into trouble.” We must defend them.
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