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  • The State of America’s Children® is Precarious: A Message from Our President & CEO

    Our children deserve a nation that prioritizes their well-being—our health as a nation can only be measured in the quality of life our children lead. The State of America's Children is precarious. Unless tonight’s speech pledges to move us urgently toward viable solutions, the onus is on each of us to ensure our children can begin again. 

    February 24, 2026

  • “The America That Is Yet to Come”

    This month marked the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the historic legislation President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law at the U.S. Capitol with many of the Democratic and Republican lawmakers who had helped secure its large bipartisan victory and civil rights leaders, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., John Lewis, and Mrs. Rosa Parks, by his side.

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  • Gun Violence

    Gun Violence Awareness Day

    The day after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, who was running for President, appeared at a Cleveland event and said instead of talking about politics he had to speak about the “mindless menace of violence in America which again stains our land and every one of our lives.”

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  • Education

    Teacher Appreciation

    Every year, the first full week of May is a chance to show special gratitude and thanks to America’s teachers. This year Teacher Appreciation Week comes at a moment when the nation’s Department of Education itself is under attack.

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  • Revisiting an American Prayer

    As Women’s History Month draws to a close, there’s been one more broad attack on methods of sharing our nation’s history: on March 27, President Donald Trump issued a new executive order affecting the 21 museums and 14 education and research centers that are part of the Smithsonian Institution, including the American Women’s History Museum, which is still years away from breaking ground on its official site, the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and the National Zoo.

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