Politics & Policy

Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

March 2, 2018

“In 1968, the Kerner Commission concluded that America was heading toward ‘two societies, one black, one white—separate and unequal.’ Today, America’s communities are experiencing increasing racial tensions and inequality, working-class resentment over the unfulfilled American Dream, white...

Marian Wright Edelman

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security MomsRising Near You Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

February 28, 2018

Those of us who live in the DC area know what a struggle it can be to find high-quality yet affordable early learning options, like childcare and pre-k, for our little learners. That’s why we were so thrilled this past fall when Senator Patty Murray (WA) and Representative Bobby Scott (VA)...

Abbie Gately

Childcare & Early Education Gun Safety Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

February 23, 2018

One of the toughest jobs of parenting is talking to your kids about difficult subjects. It's hard enough to explain when Mr. Teddy Bear gets eaten by the washing machine. Or how their bike got stolen at school. It feels impossible to put into words the really big issues, such as violence, racism,...

Caroline Knorr

Gun Safety Politics & Policy

February 23, 2018

“We see things that adults sometimes can’t see.” --Child participant, United Nations Study on Violence against Children Violence against children. For many people the words alone are unthinkable—the absolute worst of what humans are capable of doing. The school shooting in Parkland, Florida is a...

Marian Wright Edelman

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Healthcare Politics & Policy

February 20, 2018

The Coalition on Human Needs just released a special edition of the Human Needs Report focusing on President Trump’s FY19 budget request, including sections on select departmental budgets.

Lecia Imbery

Gun Safety Politics & Policy

February 15, 2018

If I don’t make it I love you and I appreciate everything you did for me --Text message sent from a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida to her mother December 2017 marked the fifth anniversary of the indescribably horrible mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary...

Marian Wright Edelman

Food! Politics & Policy

February 13, 2018

Actually happening: some in Congress are trying to dismantle the Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities at work, in school, in public places, and more. It's true. HR 620 - the ADA Education and Reform Act - is moving through the U.S. House...

Karen Showalter

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Immigration Politics & Policy

February 9, 2018

The Coalition on Human Needs just released another edition of the Human Needs Report, with the latest on Congress’s spending and budget work, President Trump’s FY19 budget, immigration, work requirements, and more.

Lecia Imbery

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Immigration Politics & Policy

February 9, 2018

God has sent some huge rainbows in the clouds for vulnerable children amidst a profoundly negative political climate. Good news these days has been few and far between but the Bipartisan Budget Package/Continuing Resolution (CR) signed by the President earlier today offers significant and long...

Marian Wright Edelman

Healthcare Maternal Justice Politics & Policy

February 7, 2018

By: Alexandria Hill, MD Increasingly, women with cardiac disease are getting pregnant. We typically associate cardiac disease with people who have had a heart attack or open-heart surgery. But, as a physician and a cardiac patient myself, I think about the people born with heart abnormalities or...