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Pursuing Justice for Children and the Poor Now

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.02.2012 | Impact
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 | Politics
Read More: Loan, Junior College, Children, Social Security, Community College, Health Coverage, Children?S Health Insurance Program, Federal Poverty Level, Defense, Insurance, Disabilities, Loans, Student Loan, Chip, Disability, Children's, Low Income, Schip, Grant, Fund, Disabled, Childrens, Poverty, Social Security Disability, Pell Grant, Student Loans, School College, Child Poverty, Education, Chipra, Health Insurance, Medicaid, Higher Education, Pell Grants, President Obama, Safety Net, Michigan, Children's Health, Poor, Poor Children, Working Poor, Poor Families, Politics News
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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Janell Ross

Federal Budget Cuts Imperil Social Services In Florida City

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 02.02.2012 | Business
Read More: Community Development Block Grants, Miami Beach, Hialeah, Poor Families, Federal Budget Cuts, Hialeah Florida, Social Services, Cdbg, City Budgets, Low Income, Housing and Urban Development, Business News

In the three decades that Fred Marinelli has spent leafing though grant applications from nonprofit groups in Hialeah, Fla., assessing their performan...

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States Cut Programs Helping Families Pay Electric Bills

AP | By TOM COYNE | Posted 09.20.2011 | Green
Read More: Heat Wave 2011, Energy, Politics News, Air Conditioning, Electricity, Heat Wave, Poor Families, Green News, Business News, Electric Bills, Green News

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Many states hit hardest by this week's searing heat wave have drastically cut or entirely eliminated programs that help poor peopl...

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Will Politicians Listen to Pastors?

Jim Wallis | Posted 09.13.2011 | Politics
Read More: Sinners and Saints, Sojourners, Neighbor, Children, Media, Civil Rights Activists, Campaign, Perspective, National Politics, Deficit Reduction, Pastors, Economic, Civil Rights, Church Members, Vineyard Church of Columbus, Hope, Constituents, Serving, Donors, Summer, Electoral Gains, Christian Leaders, Faith, Congregations, Christians, Love Your Neighbor, Politicians, Politics, Sinner, Budget Debate, Constituent, Congress, Poll Ratings, Civil Rights Activist, Political Leaders, Rediscovering Values, Budget Impasse, Pollsters, Sojourner, Principle, Bible, Poor Families, Israel, Political Leader, Christian, Women's Voices, Politics News
Jim Wallis

Our country is in the midst of a clash between two competing moral visions, between those who believe in the common good, and those who believe individual good is the only good. It's time our leaders in Washington listen to someone other then themselves.

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Denver Foundation Aims To End Hunger This Summer

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 07.11.2011 | Denver
Read More: Hungry Kids, Denver Impact, Starving Kids, Hunger Free Colorado, Denver Foundation, Poor Families, Impoverished Kids, Poor Kids, Campaign for Hunger Relief, Starving Children, The Denver Foundation, Denver News

It’s the final week to donate to The Denver Foundation’s Campaign for Hunger Relief to help local impoverished children gain access to food this s...

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