By Marian Wright Edelman (President, Children’s Defense Fund) Our nation’s budget should reflect our nation’s professed values, but President Trump’s 2018 Federal Budget, “A New Foundation … [Read more...]
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A ‘Loving’ History for the Ages
Child Watch By Marian Wright Edelman President, Children’s Defense Fund via George Curry Media Dear Sir: I am writing to you concerning a problem we have. 5 yrs. ago my husband and I … [Read more...]
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Remembering, Reclaiming and Honoring Our Roots
By Marian Wright Edelman President, Children’s Defense Fund via George Curry Media On the 40th anniversary of the publication of Alex Haley’s landmark book Roots: The Saga of an American … [Read more...]
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Original Child Bomb
By Marian Wright Edelman President, Children’s Defense Fund via George Curry Media President Obama’s historic visit to Hiroshima last week offers an opportunity to take a clear-eyed look … [Read more...]
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End Summer Hunger Now!
Child Watch By Marian Wright Edelman President, Children’s Defense Fund via George Curry Media Spring is almost in full swing and summer is just around the corner. Millions of children in … [Read more...]
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Will America Pass the Test of Morality in 2016?
By Marian Wright Edelman President, Children’s Defense Fund via George Curry Media “I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that … [Read more...]
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Why Are Children Less Vulnerable Than Guns in America?
By Marian Wright Edelman President, Children’s Defense Fund via George Curry Media Three years after the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, Conn., where a lone 20-year-old … [Read more...]
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Child Watch: Extend Emergency Unemployment Insurance
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist In the last few days of the year, most Americans are wrapping up their holiday celebrations and pondering the promise of 2014. But millions of … [Read more...]
How we can truly honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist In his last Sunday sermon at Washington National Cathedral, Dr. King retold the parable of the rich man Dives who ignored the poor and sick man Lazarus … [Read more...]
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Giving thanks for the hard times
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Thanksgiving is a season when many Americans gather with our families over full dinner tables to count our blessings. Seventeen-year-old Eva Maria … [Read more...]