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  • Being Loving Champions for Justice

    For people whose hearts are broken by seeing news of parents, families, and children suffering anywhere, this has been a difficult week.…

  • CDF Cares: Resource Assistance for Central Texas Flooding 

    Whether you’re seeking support or looking for ways to help, we’ve compiled a list of trusted resources and partners responding to this crisis across Central Texas. …

  • Fourth of July Lessons from Frederick Douglass

    On a Fourth of July when many Americans are expressing profound concerns about whether the government’s orders, decisions, and votes are representing their voices and asking questions about what we the people means today, it is an opportune time to return to the keynote speech Frederick Douglass gave in Rochester, New York, at an Independence Day celebration on July 5, 1852. …

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    Children’s Defense Fund ‘Deeply Disturbed and Disappointed’ by H.R. 1 Passage 

    On Thursday, the United States House of Representatives passed a budget reconciliation package that includes more than $1 trillion in funding tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy.  …

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