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12/24/12

A Christmas Day Prayer for America as We Celebrate the Birthday of the Most Famous Baby in History

O God, forgive and help us transform our rich and powerful nation where toddlers and school children die from guns sold quite legally.

11/13/12

Portrait of Inequality 2012 - Black Children in America

CDF produced "Portrait of Inequality 2012", a report showing the gross inequalities facing Black children compared to White children, across all critical indicators of wellbeing.

07/22/12

The State of America's Children® 2012 Handbook

The State of America’s Children® Handbook provides key national information in a range of areas, as well as state tables showing how children in your state are faring and how your state compares to other states in protecting children. A more comprehensive version will be posted on the web as new data becomes available later this year as part our State of America's Children® annual report.

07/15/11

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

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

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

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 ..."

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