By Marian Wright Edelman (President, The Children’s Defense Fund) The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act recently passed on a nearly straight party line Republican vote in the U.S. Senate is, like the House-passed bill, a moral abomination. Their enactment would be the death of America’s dream for tens of millions of children. The House and […]
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Child Watch
It’s Hard to Be What You Can’t See By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist As a new school year starts, many parents are making sure their children have the right supplies from their back-to-school lists and double-checking their courses and schedules. But are we thinking about what books our children are reading? Children of color […]
Child Watch: 10 Rules to Help Black Boys Survive
By Marian Wright Edelman, NNPA Columnist July 31, 2015 Marian Wright Edelman, NNPA Columnist Like so many, I have been deeply disturbed by the senseless loss of Black male lives at the hands of law enforcement officials. I was particularly affected by Tamir Rice’s senseless death – a 12-year-old sixth grader who […]
From ‘Crack Baby’ to A-Student
By Marian Wright Edelman, NNPA Columnist May 15, 2015 Marian Wright Edelman, NNPA Columnist The odds were stacked against Britiny Lee before she was born. Her mother was addicted to drugs, like Britiny’s grandfather and many others in their poverty-stricken Cleveland neighborhood. Britiny’s mother used drugs throughout her pregnancy and went […]
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Child Watch: Republican Budget Winners & Losers
By Marian Wright Edelman, NNPA Columnist April 24, 2015 Marian Wright Edelman, NNPA Columnist In the House and Senate budget proposals for fiscal year 2016, passed with only Republican votes at the end of March, there are big winners and big losers. The big winners are defense spending and contractors and very […]