COVID-19: AMERICA’S VULNERABLE AND POOR CHILDREN NEED MORE RELIEF HELP
[COVID-19\Children’s Welfare] Edelman: Millions of children have lost the stability and routines that all children and parents depend on…”Vulnerable children…
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AMERICANS MUST STRUGGLE TO CREATE A JUST AMERICA BY FREEING IT FROM RACISM AND BIGOTRY
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Freedom Schools Program and the Struggle to Provide Effective Education to marginalized Communities
Marian Wright Edelman. Photo: YouTube Close your eyes and think about the words summer school. What comes to mind? …
Tribute to Lucy Durr Hackney: Fighter for Justice and Civil Rights
Marian Wright Edelman. Photo: YouTube [Commentary] When Lucy Durr married Sheldon Hackney in 1957, the custom alterations…
Tribute To Rev. James Lawson: At 90, Still Tireless Warrior for Soci-economic and Political Justice
Rev. James Lawson. Photo: Vanderbilt.edu This is how Rev. James Lawson puts it: “The way through chaos, calamity, and confusion…
Commentary: This Tuesday, Vote For The Future of America’s Children
Marian Wright Edelman “That candidates were answering to us was really powerful. I was really glad I…
Hate That Hate Creates: We Must Stop Destroying our Children
Marian Wright Edelman. Photo-Flickr. [Commentary] Joseph Miles is 51 years old, but says he spends a lot of time today…
DACA Debacle: These Are The Lives That Remain on Pause Button
Marian Wright Edelman. Photo: Case.edu Daniela Gonzalez is a mother of two who lives in Jackson, Mississippi. She…
Fifty Years After Kerner — “Two Societies, One Black, One White—Separate and Unequal”
Roy Wilkins and Otto Kerner, Jr. Photo: Wikimedia “In 1968, the Kerner Commission concluded that America was heading toward…
Over 3,400 Children -and teens- Killed By Guns Each Year: Where Is Leadership President Trump?
Gunman Nicolas Cruz. NBC news screenshot Violence against children. For many people the words alone are unthinkable—the absolute worst of…