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EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES

Republican Tax Bill Robs the Poor to Feed the Rich

December 23, 2017

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 […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Marian Wright Edelman

Child Watch

September 5, 2015

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 […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Childrens Book, Childrens Defense Fund, Leave No Child Behind, Marian Wright Edelman

Child Watch: 10 Rules to Help Black Boys Survive

July 31, 2015

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 […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Black Children, Child Watch, Dajerria Becton, Jordan Davis, JULY 31 2015, Marian Wright Edelman, Police Killings, Police Shootings, Police Violence, VOL. 25 NO. 29

From ‘Crack Baby’ to A-Student

May 15, 2015

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 […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Child Watch, Childrens Defense Fund, Foster Care, GrandFamilies, Marian Wright Edelman, MAY 15 2015, VOL. 25 NO. 18

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES

Child Watch: Republican Budget Winners & Losers

April 24, 2015

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 […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Affordable Care Act ACA, Alternative Minimum Tax AMT, APRIL 24 2015, Budget Proposals, Childrens Health Insurance Program CHIP, Marian Wright Edelman, Medicaid, VOL. 25 NO. 15



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