The night before the event he ripped up his speech, threw it away, and told a story which his mother shared with him after a week filled with days of turmoil. The story of the Rock.
Patricia McGuire | Posted 05.28.2012
The right to life is an empty promise in a nation that venerates guns more than the peace and safety of the community.
Deborah Richardson | Posted 12.21.2011
What can we learn from the lives of President Sirleaf, Leymah Gbwoee, Tawakul Karman, Marian Wright Edelman and Elisabeth Omilami?
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 09.21.2011
As we take stock of the current state of America's children and the desperate need to change direction for the future, some ancient wisdom can give us a blueprint for setting sail and getting our children to safe harbor.
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 09.14.2011
As the president and Congress struggle to find a way to lower the budget deficit and to raise the debt ceiling before we default on our debt for the first time in history, I hope they will stay away from further cuts in essential food, health, education, and other supports children need.
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 08.31.2011
Right now, many of our elected officials are letting a no-new-taxes pledge take precedence. They are putting this before the pledge to the flag, and to the republic for which it stands, and to the promise of liberty and justice for all.
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 08.24.2011
President Obama has called education the civil rights issue of our time. Now is the time for the next transforming freedom moment and movement -- to set our children free from illiteracy, low expectations, and jobless, hopeless futures.
Daniel Heimpel | Posted 08.14.2011
The education of children in foster care is one step in a long, needed march towards a future where we put all children first.
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 08.10.2011
The Rev. Dr. Anna Pauline "Pauli" Murray spent a lifetime challenging not only racial segregation, but systems of discrimination in all of their forms.
Pearl Korn | Posted 08.07.2011
At PBS's recent annual gathering it was announced that the number and frequency of promotions for corporate sponsors would increase during a few noted programs as an experiment.
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 08.03.2011
Ramrod straight of posture, unwaveringly principled and caring, keenly intelligent and elegant in speech, Dr. Mays was one of the most important people to me during my college years at Spelman.
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 07.20.2011
New York City parent Yvonne works as a home care attendant to help support her 3-year-old son Darnell. Earlier this year she received a letter saying he would be dropped from the program.
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 07.13.2011
While the Voting Rights Act and other federal voting laws prohibit discrimination based on race, sex, language, ethnicity, religion and age, there is still no law that affirmatively guarantees citizens the right to vote.
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 06.15.2011
Dr. David French's civil rights work was a turning point in a lifetime of pioneering work, from becoming one of the first black surgeons in America to establishing innovative health clinics.
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 06.08.2011
"I had never seen so much color," Angelica Salazar recalls of her first days as a Head Start preschooler. Her parents, who spoke mostly Spanish, enrolled her in the program knowing their little girl would need English to succeed in school.
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 06.06.2011
Paul Ryan's "Roadmap for America's Future" is less a budget proposal than an ideological assault on the foundation of a fair society, with the least among us poised to become the principal victims.
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 06.02.2011
The low cost of covering children compared to the high costs of dealing with the consequences later is a no brainer: An uninsured child costs the local community $2,100 more than coverage for a child with Medicaid.
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2011
Despite the critical immediate solutions to the pervasive child hunger Dr. King saw, the underlying crisis -- pervasive child poverty -- persists in the Mississippi Delta.
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2011
"For poor children... poverty means more than money. For them, it can be a life sentence of exile from the larger society... Poor children and children who are not poor live in utterly different worlds."
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2011
As Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow clearly shows, our incarceration policies have evolved into a historically punitive form of social control and social death for people of color.
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2011
Since Deamonte's death, Congress has recognized dental coverage as an important component of comprehensive care for children, enacting major policy changes to improve kids' coverage.
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2011
Our families have seen us through many crises, but there have also been threats to black family stability and reports of black family breakdown throughout our history.
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2011
“On your mark, get set, ready, go!”In the language of childhood, these words are an exciting invitation -- and a signal that it’s ti...
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2011
While there is a lot of talk today about jobs, there has been far too little attention paid to the job prospects of young people. The American Dream for poor young people is vanishing on our watch.
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2011
February 4 marks the second anniversary of the Child Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act, which has already helped many states make significant improvements in health coverage for children.
Caylin Moore | Posted 04.06.2012