Joint Statement from: Geoffrey Canada, Harlem Children's Zone; Bruce Lesley, First Focus; Ann O'Leary, The Center for the Next Generation; Michael Petit, Every Child Matters; Irwin Redlener, Children's Health Fund; Billy Shore, Share Our Strength; and Mark Shriver, Save the Children

Tuesday night President Obama took a strong stand for...

In 2010, China and the United States each conducted a national census. China found that 76 million of its citizens were children under the age of five, about four times the number the United States has, 20.2 million. No real surprise there: China's overall population of...

As the right grumbles and gossips about Chief Justice John Roberts' majority opinion upholding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the left largely celebrates and ponders it, the response of our two most populous states -- California and Texas...

Americans, or at least the chattering class, have gotten all riled up about motherhood twice in the past few weeks.

First, there was the kerfuffle between Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen and Ann Romney about whether Mrs. Romney, a stay-at-home mother, could truly understand the plight of working Moms enough...

Ahhh... to think that I dream of the early 1990s when student loans averaged only $10,000 and the unemployment rate for recent college grads was a mere 3.3 percent.

Last week, I took a week off of blogging to spend time giving final lectures for my spring Health Law course...

Wow.

So many readers of my last blog post thought I was endorsing Rick Santorum, his policy prescriptions and all the anti-gay and anti-women statements he has made when I wrote that I'd miss him in the presidential contest.

Not at all.

As I wrote, I...

In recent months, I've begun many a meeting by telling people how much I love and appreciate Rick Santorum. This usually elicits hard laughs and perplexed looks as people realize I'm not joking.

The fact is, I'm an unlikely woman to love and appreciate Rick. For one, I'm a...

This week, as opponents of the Affordable Care Act argued before the Supreme Court that key parts were unconstitutional and pundits described the government's defense as a train wreck for the Obama administration, the real health care train wreck was happening across the street -- in the halls of Congress....

Next week, a very adult conversation begins at the U.S. Supreme Court, but much of it will have an enormous impact on children.

For three days, lawyers will argue over the constitutionality of two major provisions in the Affordable Care Act -- the so-called "individual mandate," requiring most Americans...

Ever wonder what happens to a worker who becomes disabled for weeks from injuries in a car accident? Or the worker who has a baby but no maternity leave? Or the worker whose parent, suffering from Alzheimer's, falls and hits his head and can no longer live alone?

Here's what...