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04/20/12

Child Watch® Column: "SNAP: Cutting What Works?"

This week has been a devastating one for children and the poor. It began with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops urging members of the House of Representatives Agriculture Committee for “moral and human reasons” to “protect programs that serve poor and hungry people over subsidies that assist large and relatively well-off agricultural enterprises.”

04/13/12

Child Watch® Column: "What a Difference a Gun Makes"

On April 16, 2007, our nation suffered its deadliest shooting incident ever by a single gunman when a student killed 32 people and wounded 25 others at Virginia Tech before committing suicide. Five years later, have we learned anything about controlling our national gun and gun violence epidemic? A look at just a few of the sad headlines across the country so far this year suggests we haven’t learned much or anything at all.

04/13/12

Increasing Access to Full-Day K

CDF Position Statement on Access to Full-Day Kindergarten

04/06/12

Child Watch® Column: "America’s Public Schools: Still Unequal and Unjust"

Millions of children in America are denied the opportunity to receive a fair and high quality education. In March, the U.S. Department of Education released new information showing that children of color face harsher discipline, have less access to rigorous course offerings, and are more often taught by lower paid and less experienced teachers.

03/30/12

Child Watch® Column: "How Our Nation Can Protect Children, Not Guns"

When the Children’s Defense Fund released its new report, Protect Children, Not Guns 2012 in March, we dedicated it to the memory of Trayvon Martin and the thousands of other children and teenagers killed by guns in America, including the 5,740 killed in 2008 and 2009 according to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The fight to uncover the truth of what happened the night Trayvon Martin died hasn’t ended but basic facts that have never been in dispute are starkly clear.

03/26/12

Trends in the Levels and Distribution of the Annual Incomes Among Young Families, 1973 to 2010: Deteriorating Real Incomes Amidst Steeply Rising Inequality

Among the most important indicators of the economic well-being of families is their annual real (inflation adjusted) income. The annual incomes reported in this research brief include all cash income received by all family members 16 and older in the form of wages and salaries, self-employment income, interest, rents, dividends, cash public income transfers (unemployment insurance, TANF benefits, disability payments, Social Security payments, general relief), alimony, child support, and private pensions.

03/23/12

Protect Children, Not Guns 2012

CDF's Protect Children, Not Guns 2012 is a compilation of the most recent and reliable national and state data on gun violence in America. This report provides the latest statistics on firearm deaths by race, age and manner; highlights state gun violence trends and efforts to prevent child access to guns; dispels common myths about guns; and explains the significance of recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions on gun ownership.

03/23/12

Child Watch® Column: "It’s Past Time to Protect Children Not Guns"

Thousands of people across the country have poured into the streets—from New York to Sanford, Florida—to demand justice for Trayvon Martin. Hundreds of thousands more stepped up to protest online. In response to the public outcry, the Sanford Chief of Police has temporarily stepped down and the state prosecutor has stepped aside.

03/21/12

Child Watch® Column: "Walking While Black"

Every parent raising Black sons knows the dilemma: deciding how soon to have the talk.

03/16/12

Child Watch® Column: "A Healthy Start: Protecting Great Gains for Children in the Affordable Care Act"

Since our founding almost forty years ago, the Children’s Defense Fund has fought to ensure that all children in America receive the healthy start they need and deserve. Next week marks the second anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the federal health reform legislation, which has been a giant national step forward in reaching that goal.