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.
Randy Jackson | Posted 03.30.2012
It is up to each of us to raise awareness of the fact that almost 25 percent of our children live in poverty and each of us must hold our leaders accountable to ensuring a fair start for every kid in America.
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.
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 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.
Benjamin Todd Jealous | Posted 05.25.2011
Students trying to improve their job prospects shouldn't be duped into taking on crushing debt in exchange for the promise of a future job that will probably never materialize. A
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2011
Thousands of children overcome tremendous obstacles like poverty, homelessness, hunger, abuse and neglect by adults, parental incarceration, and more every day.
Huffing | Anna Almendrala | Posted 05.25.2011
The Kardashian sisters have been on a whirlwind media tour promoting their new book, Kardashian Konfidential. Since Thanksgiving, they've appeared on ...
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2011
Each religious tradition recognizes the sacred charge to defend children and those in poverty. Now is the time to put our faith into action.
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2011
Varnette Honeywood was a dear friend to the Children's Defense Fund. Her death in September at age 59 was a sad loss for all of us.
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2011
The Great Recession's impact on millions of children and families has jeopardized the promise of a productive future for their children and for our nation and demands greater action by our leaders and all of us.
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2011
What is it going to take for adults in America to stand up and say enough to the violence that is terrorizing and killing our children? No enemy without poses as great a threat as the gun enemy within.
Posted 05.25.2011
In a country with a large achievement gap between students of color and their white peers, Freedom Schools across the country are working to help stud...
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2011
Is your child learning to make a difference this summer? If she is enrolled in a Children's Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools® summer program, you'l...
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2011
When Hurricane Katrina hit, it opened people's eyes to a side of race and poverty in our nation that is often hidden. There's no single signature picture of child and family suffering from the BP oil crisis this time around. But the need for help is overwhelming.
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2011
The formula for distributing Title I funds is stacked against the very children it was most intended to help. It's time for the federal government to be an instrument of equality rather than inequality.
David A. Love | Posted 05.25.2011
If you can judge a society by the way it treats its children, then New York fails in a big way. In fact, the Empire State should be found guilty of child abuse and neglect.
Richard Walden | Posted 05.25.2011
What a thrill that Diane Sawyer wore the same super-lightweight parka as me while "reporting" from Afghanistan for ABC News with ex ABC-LA sports repo...
Clayola Brown | Posted 05.25.2011
Providing health care for all must recognize and address health disparities that exist among minority populations.
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2011
It's estimated that three in ten girls in the United States still get pregnant by age 20. 51 percent of Black and 53 percent of Latino teenage girls become pregnant at least once before age 20.
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 11.17.2011
The Children's Defense Fund looks forward to working with the Obama Administration and the new Congress to enact policies that give all children the chance to live and learn and succeed in life.
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 11.17.2011
We have an opportunity to take advantage of a renewed national conversation and once again emphasize pregnancy prevention for today's teenagers -- both boys and girls.
Diane Tucker | Posted 05.25.2011
"Sen. McCain has no specific plan for children. We keep a Congressional scorecard... Senator McCain received the lowest score of anyone in the Senate in 2007."
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2011
The EJI study found 73 cases in the United States where 13- and 14-year-olds have been sentenced to life without parole -- in other words, sentenced to die in prison.
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2011
There is no justification for locking up these young people in adult prisons. Juveniles may be held in adult jails for months or even years, although most of them are not charged with a violent crime.
Caylin Moore | Posted 04.06.2012