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Child Watch: Protect Children, Not Guns
Children's Defense Fund Releases Annual Gun Violence Report
President's Health Care Proposal Fails to Address Children's Health Needs
Children's Defense Fund Welcomes Health Coalition's Commitment to Covering Children First
Child Watch: New Year, New Leaders Ready to Make a Difference
Children's Defense Fund Announces Plan to Cover 9 Million Uninsured Children
Child Watch: Returning to Katrina's Children
Child Watch: CELEBRATING KWANZAA, CELEBRATING COMMUNITY
Children's Defense Fund Decries 109th Congress's Lack of Funding for Head Start
Child Watch: Making Room at America's Inn for All God's Children
Child Watch: "A GIRL LIKE ME": REVISITING THE DOLL STUDY
CDF Calls for Stronger Action in Congress
Child Watch: A Litany of Thanksgiving
Child Watch: Inspiring Students Beating the Odds
Chloe Khan: The Poverty Line Life
Natasha Bridge: No Regrets
Michael Downey: Carve Your Own Path
Charlette Nicole Smith: I Want To Be Strong For My Mother
2006 Beat the Odds® Awards Dinner
Tuan Nguyen: Obligation I Can't Refuse
Report Shows Increase in Number of Uninsured Children in New York
Child Watch: Federal Food Programs
Child Watch: Holding Politicians to Promises
Child Watch: The Need for a Living Wage
Child Watch: The Latest Wave of School Shootings
Child Watch: The Crisis of Children's Unmet Mental Health Needs
Child Watch: Donald Washington, Jr. - A Role Model for Beating the Odds
Child Watch: Victoria Jackson Gray Adams
New Census Data Shows 1.3 Million Children Have Fallen into Poverty Since 2000
Katrina's Children: One Year Later
Child Watch: Dr. Rhondee Benjamin-Johnson - A woman who beat the odds
CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE: STORIES FROM THE FIELD
Child Watch: Children's Health Insurance: Stories from the Field
Child Watch: Children's Health Insurance; Stories from the Field
Fighting Childhood Obesity
The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Child Advocacy Ministry
Council Speaker Quinn, Children's Defense Fund release report on the impact of gun violence on children
Disaster Relief Medicaid: An Urgent Priority
Child Watch: Spelbots
Child Watch: The Global Women's Action Network for Children
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Child Watch: Protect Children, Not Guns
Gun Report Reveals 2,827 Child and Teen Deaths by Firearms in One Year Exceed U.S. Combat Deaths During Three Years in Iraq
Global Women's Action Network for Children Conference Concludes
Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah Closing Remarks
Gun Report Reveals 2,827 Child and Teen Deaths by Firearms in One Year Exceed U.S. Combat Deaths During Three Years in Iraq
Closing Remarks by Marian Wright Edelman
Excerpts from Her Majesty Queen Rania's Opening Remarks at the Global Women's Action Network for Children Conference
Excerpts from Her Majesty Queen Rania's Opening Remarks at the Global Women's Action Network for Children Conference
Child Watch: Freedom Summer 2006
Large Health Gaps Persist Between White and Minority Children
Wealth and Health
TEST-Poverty Increases for the Fourth Year in a Row in 2004
CDF Minnesota May Newsletter Available
GEORGIA SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS CONVICTION IN MARCUS DIXON CASE
NEW TV AD TELLS CONGRESS, 'HEAD START'S NOT BROKEN, DON'T BREAK IT.'
EXPIRING UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS WILL HURT MORE THAN HALF A MILLION CHILDREN
NEW CENSUS DATA SHOWS PERCENTAGE OF UNINSURED CHILDREN VARIES BY STATE
Corporations Reap Tax Windfalls as Working Families Fall Behind
Tax Refund Loans Cost Low-Income Workers 690 Million in Unnecessary, Unjust Fees
Children's Defense Fund Urges Congress to Protect Children's Medicaid Health Coverage
BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S RHETORIC SOUNDS COMPASSIONATE; ITS BUDGET REALITY LEAVES MILLIONS OF CHILDREN BEHIND
MN Newsletter May
Report Highlights Health Hazards of Lead Poisoning and Urges Bush Administration to Increase, Not Cut Budget for Lead Poisoning
Children's Defense Fund Releases Foster Care Guides to Programs that Encourage Placement of Children with Permanent Families
COUNTRY STRUGGLING TO MAKE DR. KING'S DREAM A REALITY
Poverty Increases for the Fourth Year in a Row in 2004; 1.5 Million More Children Are Poor than in 2000
NEA Honors Marian Wright Edelman with Friend of Education Award Given for Her Commitment to Truly Leave No Child Behind
Children's Defense Fund Blasts Congress' Decision to Pass Excessive Corporate Tax Bill
2005 GrandRally: September 14th Washington, D.C.
CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND SAYS IT IS URGENT THAT CONGRESS ADOPT PENDING PROVISION TO INSURE IMMIGRANT CHILDREN
MEDIKIDS PLAN PROVIDES NEEDED CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE
CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND RESPONDS TO SENATE ACTION TODAY ON HEAD START LEGISLATION
Children's Defense Fund Commemorates 40th Anniversary of Freedom Summer at National Training in Tennessee June 2 - 13
STATE BUDGET CUTS PUT CHILDREN AT RISK
CDF Freedom Schools Ella Baker Child Policy Institute Graduates Largest Class Ever
SENATE PRESCRIPTION DRUG BILL COULD PROVIDE HEALTH COVERAGE TO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF IMMIGRANT CHILDREN
ANALYSIS: PRESIDENT'S BUDGET PLAN TARGETS CHILDREN
SENATORS, GROUPS: PRESERVE CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE
ONE MILLION MILITARY CHILDREN LEFT BEHIND BY MASSIVE NEW TAX PACKAGE
Nearly One in Ten American Children Would Benefit from a Minimum Wage Increase
Children's Defense Fund Announces Emerging Leaders Fellowship Class of 2005
FIVE LOS ANGELES STUDENTS WHO BEAT THE ODDS HONORED
THE AETNA FOUNDATION AND CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND ANNOUNCE NEW EFFORT TO ELIMINATE DISPARITIES IN CHILDREN'S HEALTH
Children's Defense Fund Kicks Off Major Voter Mobilization Effort
NUMBER OF BLACK CHILDREN IN EXTREME POVERTY HITS RECORD HIGH
Children's Defense Fund Releases State Fact Sheets On Foster Care and Other Child Welfare Programs
House-Passed 'Gangs Bill' Would Increase Youth Violence
WHITE HOUSE WAGES BUDGET WAR AGAINST POOR CHILDREN
Federal Child Welfare Reforms are Needed in Response to Pew Commission's Foster Care Report
BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET PLAN TAKES FROM POOR CHILDREN TO GIVE TO THE RICH
HOUSE BUDGET SLASHES INVESTMENTS IN CHILDREN, DOES HARM TO CHILDREN NOW AND LATER
Statement of Marian Wright Edelman on the Expiration of the Assault Weapons Ban
Children's Defense Fund Decries $155 Billion Corporate Tax Bill Passed by U.S. House of Representatives
A Continuing Portrait of Inequality on the 40th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
ANALYSIS SHOWS PARENTAL EMPLOYMENT DROPPED IN 2003, INDICATING DANGERS OF NEW CONGRESSIONAL WELFARE PROPOSAL
Kauffman Foundation Awards Children's Defense Fund 4.5 Million Grant for Freedom Schools
The Bush Administration's Budget Proposals Could Deepen Growing Housing Crisis for Children
Children's Defense Fund Blasts Withholding of Report on Hunger
MORE THAN 13 MILLION CHILDREN ARE AT RISK OF HUNGER AS AMERICA PREPARES FOR THANKSGIVING FEAST
Children's Defense Fund Opposes the Unfair "Consent Decree Fairness Act"
NUMBER OF PARENTS SUFFERING LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT SOARS
Elizabeth Edwards to Speak at the Children's Defense Fund's Dedication of the Riggio-Lynch Chapel on July 18th
CONGRESS MUST ACT NOW TO PRESERVE MEDICAID AND HELP CASH-STRAPPED STATES
CDF Calls on Country to Insure All Children During Cover the Uninsured Week
Congress Should Reject Outrageous Tax Bill
THOUSANDS OF YOUTH MOBILIZE ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR NATIONAL YOUTH AND STUDENT VOTER REGISTRATION DAY ON SEPTEMBER 29
Beat the Odds' Alumni Meet in Washington to Discuss How America Can Help Children Overcome Poverty and Family Setbacks
WELFARE ROLLS DROP BUT POVERTY DOES NOT
RELIGIOUS LEADERS, ADVOCATES ORGANIZE AGAINST ADMINISTRATION'S WAR ON POOR CHILDREN
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN NEW LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND
Dr. Phil Foundation Joins Forces with CDF's Beat the Odds Program
Analysis Shows Bush Administration Budget Takes from Poor Children to Give to the Rich
The State of America's Children 2004: A Continuing Portrait of Inequality Fifty Years After Brown v. Board of Education
CANDIDATES AGREE BUSH PUSHING UNFAIR TAX CUTS FOR THE WEALTHY
CDF Children's Sabbaths Manual Now Available
CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND URGES CONGRESS TO EXTEND CHILD TAX CREDIT
U.S. Senate's Corporate Tax Bill is Another Money-Grab by Wealthy Corporate Interests
CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND RESPONDS TO ANNOUNCEMENT THAT SAYS WELFARE CASELOADS ARE DECLINING
House of Representatives Rejects Disastrous Budget Rules That Would Have Endangered Millions of Children
Employment Figures Show Worst January in a Decade
CHILDRENS DEFENSE FUND FILES AMICUS BRIEF SUPPORTING MARCUS DIXON'S APPEAL TO GEORGIA SUPREME COURT
ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING MILLIONS URGE GOVERNORS TO PROTECT MEDICAID AND CHIP
SENATE TAX BILL COSTLY ENOUGH TO PAY FOR ESSENTIAL PROTECTIONS FOR CHILDREN
Children's Defense Fund Urges Federal Medicaid Officials To Reject Changes to TennCare Program That Will Harm Children
REPORT, HEAD START BLOCK GRANT DESTROYS PROGRAM
NEARLY EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN AMERICA LEFT BEHIND BY PRESIDENT'S EDUCATION BUDGET
FRED ROGERS INSPIRED A GENERATION OF CHILD ADVOCATES
BUSH POLICIES EXPOSE DECEIT OF 'COMPASSIONATE CONSERVATIVE' RHETORIC
CHILDRENS DEFENSE FUND FEARS PRESIDENT'S SPACE PLAN WILL CARRY AN OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD PRICE TAG
PRESIDENT'S BUDGET WILL SHOW TRUE PRIORITIES
National Women's Equality Day Puts Focus on Child Care Needs
Children's Defense Fund Calls on President Bush to Oppose Federally-Mandated Exit Exams
Bush Administration Budget Perpetuates School to Prison Pipeline
Children's Defense Fund Announces Emerging Leaders Fellowship Class of 2004
FIVE YEARS AFTER COLUMBINE TRAGEDY CHILDREN STILL IN DANGER
Children's Defense Fund Condemns Repeal of D.C. Gun Ban by the House of Representatives
733,000 Children Fell into Poverty - 580,000 into Extreme Poverty in 2003 Latino and Black Children Hardest Hit
Thousands from All Faiths Gather at Washington National Cathedral to Make Children the Top Priority on Election Day Religious Le
Children's Defense Fund Supports the Kinship Caregiver Support Act
LOW-INCOME FAMILIES' ACCESS TO CHILD CARE SHRINKS AS STATES CUT CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
A Moral Outrage: One American Child or Teen Killed by Gunfire Nearly Every 3 Hours
New Government Report Backs CDF in Questioning Reliability and Validity of NRS Test Given to Children in Head Start
CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND REVIEWS CONGRESS IN 2003
State of the Union Address Ignored the Nation's Children and Low-Income Families
NUMBER OF POOR CHILDREN IN AMERICA RISES FOR SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR
Gov. Bredesen's TennCare Proposal Would Erode Medical Protections for 600,000 Tennessee Children
As National Hunger Awareness Day Approaches, 13 Million Children Face Food Insecurity
Marian Wright Edelman Statement On Passage of the 2006 Budget Resolution
YOUTH EMPLOYMENT RATE FELL TO LOWEST LEVEL FOR JANUARY IN 39 YEARS
EVEN SCALED BACK TAX CUTS WOULD HAND MILLIONAIRES $62,500 THIS YEAR ALONE
CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND CALLS ON PRESIDENT BUSH TO KEEP HIS PROMISE TO RENEW BAN ON ASSAULT WEAPONS
Joblessness for Minority Youth Reaches Historic High
GRANDPARENTS AND OTHER RELATIVES RAISING CHILDREN TO CALL ON CONGRESS FOR HELP AT 'GRANDRALLY'
JOBLESSNESS INCREASES SHARPLY AMONG SINGLE MOTHERS
UNITED STATES FAILS TO MEET KEY HEALTH GOALS FOR INFANTS AND MOTHERS
MILLIONS OF CHILDREN LEFT BEHIND IN BUSH TAX PROPOSAL
AD HIGHLIGHTS CHILDREN LEFT BEHIND BY BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S TAX CUTS
CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND CELEBRATES 30 YEARS BY HONORING STUDENTS WHO 'BEAT THE ODDS'
STAGNANT EMPLOYMENT FIGURES DEMAND RAPID RESPONSE FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Building the 21st Century Movement for Our Children' Symposium Hosted by the Children's Defense Fund July 18 - 19, 2004
New CDF Report: More Than 13 Million Children Face Food Insecurity
NO TAX RELIEF CHECKS FOR MORE THAN ONE MILLION CHILDREN OF TEACHERS, NURSES AND THEIR AIDES
COMPREHENSIVE BILL TO TRULY LEAVE NO CHILD BEHIND UNVEILED
Weak September Job Growth Spotlights Failed Economic Policies
CDF Commends Sen. Rockefeller and Rep. Stark for Introducing MediKids Health Insurance Act
Children's Defense Fund Freedom Schools Program to Receive Johns Hopkins Award for Excellence in Summer Learning
NEW DATA SHOWS WELFARE NOT HELPING NEEDIEST FAMILIES
HOUSE CHILD TAX CREDIT BILL A GROSS INJUSTICE
Children's Defense Fund and 72 Organizations Petition Congress To Restore 1.1 Billion in Insurance Funds for Children
A Continuing Portrait of Inequality on Brown's 50th Anniversary - CDF Urges Renewed Struggle to Realize Its Promise
SENATORS PROMISE TO FIGHT ADMINISTRATION ATTEMPTS TO DISMANTLE HEAD START
DIVIDEND TAX CUT COSTLY ENOUGH TO PAY FOR CHILDREN'S COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE AND HEAD START
WHILE CORPORATIONS AND THE WEALTHY BENEFIT FROM HUGE TAX CUTS, POOR FAMILIES STILL STRUGGLE
NUMBER OF CHILDREN LACKING HEALTH INSURANCE UNCHANGED THANKS TO MEDICAID AND CHIP PROGRAMS
CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND ANNOUNCES NEW LEADERSHIP TEAM TO BUILD LEAVE NO CHILD BEHIND MOVEMENT
New CDF Report: Millions of Children Would Benefit From an Increase in the Minimum Wage
Tax Refund Loans Cost Low-Income Workers 690 Million in Unnecessary, Unjust Fees
U.S. SENATE SCORES COMMON SENSE VICTORIES FOR CHILDREN, REJECTS SPECIAL PROTECTIONS FOR THE GUN INDUSTRY
2.8 MILLION CHILDREN OF MEXICAN HERITAGE ARE AMONG NEARLY 4 MILLION LATINO CHILDREN LIVING IN POVERTY IN THE UNITED STATES
VIRTUAL WEDNESDAY IN WASHINGTON CHALLENGES BUSH ADMINISTRATION TAX PLAN
HUNDREDS OF MOTHERS WITH CHILDREN IN STROLLERS STORM CONGRESS
Teen Joblessness Hits an Historic High in June
SENATE BUDGET PLAN FAILS AMERICA'S CHILDREN
Children's Defense Fund Urges Commitment to Reducing Maternal Mortality During Women's Preventive Health Week
Children's Defense Fund Encourages Latinos To Hold Government Accountable by Voting in November
MORE THAN 2,900 CHILDREN AND TEENS DIED FROM GUNS IN 2001
JUNE JOBLESS RATE AMONG AMERICA'S TEENS HIGHEST IN 55 YEARS
Marian Wright Edelman Calls for Renewal of Assault Weapons Ban
MORE THAN NINE OUT OF TEN LATINO CHILDREN LEFT BEHIND BY STOCK DIVIDEND TAX CUT
MEMORANDUM TO REPORTERS AND EDITORIAL WRITERS
Edelman and Religious Leaders Call for National Commitment to Poor Children at Oct. 28 Interfaith Service in Washington, D.C.
CONGRESS REJECTS BENEFITS FOR LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED, AS NEW DATA SHOW LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT SOARED FOR WORKERS WITH CHILDREN
Children's Defense Fund Action Council Scorecard Ranks Lawmakers on How Well They Protect Children
WAR OVERSEAS, BUDGET BATTLE AT HOME
Tax Breaks Passed by U.S. House Help Rich and Leave Nation's Neediest Families Behind
AMERICA'S SILENT TRAGEDY: CDF'S ANNUAL GUN REPORT SHOWS NEEDLESS LOSS OF YOUNG LIVES TO GUN VIOLENCE
MAS DE 9 DE CADA 10 NIÑOS LATINOS PERJUDICADOS POR REBAJA TRIBUTARIA DE DIVIDENDOS DE ACCIONES
Copy (2) of MN KIDS COUNT Coffees Begin in May
MN KIDS COUNT Coffees Begin in May
Copy (3) of MN KIDS COUNT Coffees Begin in May
Copy of MN KIDS COUNT Coffees Begin in May
Hollywood Women Visit Katrina's Children
Hollywood Women Visit Katrina's Children
New York City Youth Tell City Council To Restore Funding for Youth Programs
Prominent Hollywood and Washington Women Conduct New Orleans Katrina Child Watch
The State of Black America 2006
Katrina's Students
Myan and Raynell
Children's Defense Fund Hails NY State's Preservation of Access to Health Care for Working Families
Katrina's Children
Predatory Tax Practices Cost Working New Yorkers $207 Million
Katrina's Children
Children's Defense Fund Calls Unmet Mental Health, Health and Education Needs of Katrina's Children a Moral Scandal and Crisis
Children's Defense Fund Finds Tax Refund Loans Cost Low-income Workers $900 Million in Unnecessary, Unjust Fees
New York's Congressional Delegation Unites In Support Of Community-Based Enrollment of the Uninsured
Children's Defense Fund Opens Final Tax Filing Site in Joint Campaign Mission to Aid Low-Income Taxpayers
Congress Wrong to Protect Wealthiest Americans Instead of Children
Children's Defense Fund Opens Third Tax Filing Site in Joint Campaign to Aid Low-Income Taxpayers
Closed-Door Deal Makes $22 Billion Difference
Children's Defense Fund Finds Tax Refund Loans Cost Low-Income D.C. Workers $2.6 Million
Children's Defense Fund's President and Founder Honors Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton Honors Five New York City Students that Beat the Odds
Freedom Schools Flourish in the Bronx
A Freedom School Flourishes In The Lower East Side / Loisaida
Where's Lunch?
A Free Lunch for Kids - Staten Island
A Free Lunch for Kids - Brooklyn
A Free Lunch - The Bronx
A Free Lunch for Kids - Manhattan
A Free Lunch for Kids - Queens
City Losing Out on $73 Million in Summer Meal Aid While Children Go Hungry
Governor Pataki's Proposal to Cut Facilitated Enrollment for Working Families Denies Them Access to NY Public Health Insurance