Poor Children

Lessons From The Girl At The Playground With No Shoes

Kara Gebhart Uhl | Posted 05.07.2012

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Kara Gebhart Uhl

I looked down at her bare feet, caked with dirt, bits of long-ago red polish on her toenails. Her plaid green skort and halter top were soiled and stained--and not the kind of dirty that clothes get after a hard day's play.

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Saki Knafo

The New Hotel Homeless

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 04.22.2012

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Melissa was always on the move, wandering in and out of people's rooms, going from pool to basketball court and back to pool, climbing up the big tree...

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Pursuing Justice for Children and the Poor Now

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Working Poor, Child Poverty, Social Justice, Poverty, Poor Families, Poor, Poor Children, Justice, Low Income, Safety Net, Children's Health, Amber Alert, Impact News
Marian Wright Edelman

I believe this is an Amber Alert time for millions of our nation's poor children and that everyone needs to be on the lookout for the children, to ensure the children's health, safety and education, and to see that justice is done.

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Medicaid: Help in Hard Times

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 04.25.2012

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Marian Wright Edelman

Medicaid is vital -- it provides hundreds of millions of children who are poor or have disabilities with comprehensive health coverage enabling them to become productive, taxpaying members of society.

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Who Will Feed the Children?

Renee Parsons | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Wic, American Children Living in Poverty, Tanf, Poor Children, American Poverty, Snap, Obama Budget, 2013 Budget, Politics News
Renee Parsons

Since Ted Kennedy's passing, not one member of Congress out of 525 has stepped up to champion poor children -- not one bleeding heart liberal, not one self-proclaimed Christian has come forward to be the voice for homeless and hungry children.

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What Congress -- And All of Us -- Could Learn From Tim

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 02.19.2012

Read More: Child Tax Credit, Child Poverty, Wealth Disparity America, Poor Children, Child-Homelessness, Wealth Disparity, Politics News
Marian Wright Edelman

Too many of those playing a partisan game of chicken are turning a deaf ear and cold eye to child suffering. It is time to let them hear from us with our voices and votes.

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Protect The Children

The Rev. Jacqueline J. Lewis, Ph.D. | Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: Religion, Black Children, Christianity, Budget, Poverty, African American Children, Child Poverty, Child Care, Children, Minority Children, Poor Children, Black Voices News
The Rev. Jacqueline J. Lewis, Ph.D.

Nobody loves like children. They don't come to earth with the ability to hate; they learn that. They aren't born with prejudice and fear; they learn that. They often continue to love through rejection, humiliation and abuse.

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Folsom Prison Inmates Pack School Supplies For Needy Kids

Posted 05.25.2011

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Behind bars at California's Folsom Prison, inmates are giving back to local communities by packing donated school supplies for children. One inmate, ...

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A State of Emergency: We Need to Address Rising Poverty Now

Deborah Weinstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Uninsured, Unemployment, Poverty, Children, Low-Income Tax Credits, Census. Working Poor, Tax Cuts, Tanf, Poor Children, Child Nutrition, Affordable Housing, Politics News
Deborah Weinstein

Calling for hundreds of billions of dollars in tax cuts for the top two percent of earners while one-quarter of our children are poor is morally and economically wrong.

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UNICEF Refocuses On Poorest Of Poor Children

AP | ANITA SNOW | Posted 05.25.2011

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UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. children's agency says it has failed to reach millions of the world's neediest boys and girls in slums and remote coun...

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Education Reform: America's Third Rail

David R. Jones, Esq. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Community Service Society, No Child Left Behind, Education, Public School Funding, Charter Schools, Children of Color, Education Reform, Poor Children, Public Education, New York City, New York City Schools, Race to the Top, New York News
David R. Jones, Esq.

Charter schools are seen as a universal panacea that involves no one giving up anything and no elected official having to ever really lead on the issue, far less take any political risk.

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