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07/15/11

Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "The State of America's Children"

The Children's Defense Fund has just released a new report, The State of America's Children 2011, which paints a disturbing portrait of child needs across our country. With rampant unemployment, housing foreclosures, homelessness, hunger, and massive looming federal and state budget cuts, children's well-being is in great jeopardy. One in five children is poor and children are our nation's poorest age group.

01/13/11

A Portrait of Inequality 2011

CDF produced "Portrait of Inequality 2011", a report showing the gross inequalities facing Black children compared to White children, across all critical indicators of wellbeing.

01/13/11

Black and White: Black Children Compared to White Children

CDF produced a one-page document comparing Black and White children in the crucial areas of poverty, family structure, health, education and the criminal justice system.

01/13/11

The State of Black Children and Families: Black Perspectives On What Black Children Face And What The Future Holds

New research conducted by Hart Research Associates on behalf of the Black Community Crusade for Children (BCCC) found two issues have risen to the top of serious concerns the Black community faces.

12/31/10

Center for Labor Market Studies-Northeastern University Study on Youth Employment

Andy Sum, professor of economics and director of the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University in Boston, conducted a study that found the American dream and employment opportunities vanishing for many Black young people.

08/28/09

Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "Katrina's Children— Still Struggling"

Dear President Obama: My name is Jade Windon, 7th grade student at McDonogh 42 Charter School in New Orleans, Louisiana. Mr. President, I write to you expressing how many of our lives continue to be affected today by the storm that happened almost four years ago. Hurricane Katrina devastated the lives of everyone here and in the Gulf Coast region.

12/23/08

State of America's Children 2008® Report - Housing

CDF's State of America's Children 2008 report is a compilation of national and state-by-state data on poverty, health, child welfare, youth at risk, early childhood development, education, nutrition and housing. This section of the report contains data on fair market rent vs. minimum wage.

03/28/08

Marian Wright Edelman's La Columna Child Watch®: "No olvidemos a las familias trabajadores afectadas por la crisis de las hipotecas subprime"

El baj??n econ??mico que ha sacudido el pa??s en los ??ltimos meses se atribuye en parte a la crisis de hipotecas de alto riesgo conocidas como subprime. Su impacto sobre las casas de inversi??n con valores e inversiones en hipotecas subprime ha sido devastador. Se han perdido muchos miles de millones de d??lares debido a esta crisis y la suma sigue aumentando. Es un asunto muy serio.

03/28/08

Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "Let's Not Discard Working Families That Got Subprimed"

"The economic downturn that has rocked our nation over the last few months has been attributed in part to the subprime mortgage crisis. Its impact on our nation's biggest mortgage lenders, major banks and Wall Street investment houses with holdings and investments in subprime mortgages ..."

08/24/07

Marian Wright Edelman's La Columna Child Watch®: "Katrina—dos años en la vida de un niño"

Hace dos a??os, el 29 de agosto, el hurac??n Katrina bati?? la costa del Golfo de Luisiana y Mississippi, desplazando a cientos de miles de personas. Las comunidades econ??micamente deprimidas antes del hurac??n sufrieron el mayor da??o. Es una verg??enza para el pa??s que muchos ni??os todav??a sufren el trauma de la horrenda experiencia de sobrevivir en las secuelas de la tormenta.

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Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "The State of America's Children"

A Portrait of Inequality 2011

Black and White: Black Children Compared to White Children

The State of Black Children and Families: Black Perspectives On What Black Children Face And What The Future Holds

Center for Labor Market Studies-Northeastern University Study on Youth Employment

Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "Katrina's Children— Still Struggling"

State of America's Children 2008® Report - Housing

Marian Wright Edelman's La Columna Child Watch®: "No olvidemos a las familias trabajadores afectadas por la crisis de las hipotecas subprime"

Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "Let's Not Discard Working Families That Got Subprimed"

Marian Wright Edelman's La Columna Child Watch®: "Katrina—dos años en la vida de un niño"