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Child Watch® Columns
 Part of a series on the Cradle to Prison Pipeline® Campaign
Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch Columns are also posted each Monday on The Huffington Post.
A Look at Race, Incarceration, and American Values
March 6, 2009
The Growing Problem of Over-Policing Our Schools
February 27, 2009
National Cradle to Prison Pipeline® Summit This Week
February 20, 2009
Economic Crisis Puts Children at Risk
February 13, 2009
The Cradle to Prison Pipeline: America's New Apartheid
February 6, 2009
Black History American History
January 30, 2009
Now Is the Time to Bail Our Poor Children and Families Out of Poverty
January 23, 2009
Inauguration Day: Continuing the Dream
January 16, 2009
Remembering Sally Smith, the Pioneering Arts Educator
January 9, 2009
All Parents Can Use Support
January 2, 2009
CDF's 35th Anniversary: Looking Back, Looking Forward
December 26, 2008
A Christmas Prayer to End Poverty in Our Time
December 19, 2008
America's Sixth Child
December 12, 2008
Are We Preparing Our Children to Lead in Science?
December 5, 2008
Dr. Julius Richmond—Creator of Head Start
November 28, 2008
A Time for Thanksgiving
November 21, 2008
Is the U.S. Living Its Creed and Preparing for the Future?
November 14, 2008
Yes We Can
November 7, 2008
Benjamin Jealous: A New Generation of NAACP Leadership
October 31, 2008
In This Election the Supreme Court Matters
October 24, 2008
Eternity Isn't Forever
October 17, 2008
Teen Pregnancy in America Today
October 10, 2008
Judging the Candidates on Their Records
October 3, 2008
The Long Hard Road to Race-Free Politics in America
September 26, 2008
Invest in Children Not Prisons—Stop Prop 6
September 19, 2008
We Must All Register and Vote during This Historic Election
September 12, 2008
Congress Must Pass Legislation to Help Children in Foster Care
September 5, 2008
Kauffman Foundation Expands Kansas City CDF Freedom Schools® Program
August 29, 2008
Immigration Enforcement—Raiding Children's Dreams
August 22, 2008
Sentencing Children to Die in Prison
August 15, 2008
The Pact
August 8, 2008
Juveniles Don't Belong in Adult Prisons
August 1, 2008
Mental Health Support Makes a More Normal Life for Teens Possible
July 25, 2008
Homeboy Industries—Hope Has a New Address
July 18, 2008
A National Day of Social Action for Health Care
July 11, 2008 (en español)
We Must Pay Attention to the Rise of Gun Violence
June 27, 2008
Mothers Rocking the Prison Cradle
June 20, 2008
Remembering Mildred Loving
June 13, 2008
CDF Gun Report Shows Increase of Child and Teen Deaths
June 9, 2008
The Costs of Health Care Are Burying American Families
May 30, 2008
Let's Take Bullying Seriously
May 23, 2008
Congress Must Act to Protect Young Detainees from Abuse
May 16, 2008
Washington's Two Economies—A Growing Income Gap
May 9, 2008
We Must End Child Hunger Now
May 2, 2008
Dr. Evelynn Hammonds, Harvard College's Next Dean
April 25, 2008
Join the GrandRally, Help Grandparents Raising Children
April 18, 2008
Celebrating Young People Who Beat the Odds
April 11, 2008
Honoring King is Not Enough
April 4, 2008
Let's Not Discard Working Families That Got Subprimed
March 28, 2008
Helping Low-Income Taxpayers Get Their Due
March 21, 2008
Missouri's Humane and Sensible Approach to Juvenile Justice
March 14, 2008
Where Are the Children in President Bush's Budget?
March 7, 2008
Hilda Mason—Educator, Activist and Washington, D.C's Grandmother
February 22, 2008
Supreme Court Must Uphold Gun Ban
February 15, 2008
Making Sure Our Children Know Their History
February 8, 2008
A Child Next Door May Need Your Help
February 1, 2008
Dr. Bill Cosby's Message to Parents: We Need to Listen
January 25, 2008
Dr. King's Prophetic Call to Conscience and Action Today
January 18, 2008
The Parent Institute for Quality Education: Solutions That Work (en español)
January 11, 2008
Excellence Charter School—A Model for Academic Achievement
January 4, 2008
Creating a Community Cradle Roll
December 28, 2007
Making Room at America's Inn for All God's Children
December 21, 2007
Giving—The True Gift of Christmas
December 14, 2007
Augustus Hawkins—A Marvelous Statesman Passes On
December 7, 2007
Let's Put the "Justice" Back in Our Juvenile Justice System
November 30, 2007
Young, Black and Locked Up
November 23, 2007
A Litany of Thanksgiving
November 19, 2007
Courage to Beat the Odds
November 9, 2007
From School Yard to Prison Yard (en español)
November 2, 2007
Fighting the Culture Battle for Our Children's Future (en español)
October 26, 2007
Oratory and Baseball Are Strong Diversions From the Prison Pipeline
October 19, 2007
Childhood Obesity - A Growing Epidemic
October 12, 2007
Dr. Asa Hilliard - Scholar Liberator
October 5, 2007
A Call to Action to Dismantle the Cradle to Prison Pipeline - (en español)
September 28, 2007
President Bush's New Health Rules Are Wrong for Children
September 21, 2007
We Will Not Be Silent About the Jena Six
September 14, 2007
Free the Jena Six
September 7, 2007
Oliver W. Hill—In Memoriam
August 31, 2007
Katrina—Two Years in the Life of a Child
August 24, 2007
Congress—Pass the SCHIP Bill and Save Children's Lives
August 17, 2007
We Need More Face Time With Our Children
August 10, 2007
Empowering Mothers Around the World
August 3, 2007
Voting Rights and June Johnson
July 27, 2007
Free Community College Plan Promises a Way Up
July 20, 2007
The U.S. Supreme Court's Wrong Turn on Racial Equality - (en español)
July 13, 2007
President Bush Needs to Be a Positive Leader on Child Health Care, Not a Negative One
July 6, 2007
"SiCKO" Indicts America's Health Care Industry
June 29, 2007
Medicare Overpayments to Private Insurers Are Hazardous to Children's Health
June 22, 2007
The Enduring Mission of Freedom Schools
June 15, 2007
An Appropriate Celebration of National Child's Day - (en español)
June 8, 2007
Hard Times and Child Health Care
June 1, 2007
Choosing Which Children Live, Die, or Suffer
May 25, 2007
Wanted, A 2007 Class of Heroes and Sheroes
May 18, 2007
Keeping a Child Healthy Shouldn’t Be This Hard
May 11, 2007
We Must Fight for Mental Health Care Too
May 4, 2007
We Must Stem Gun Violence
April 27, 2007
Cause of Death: Bureaucratic Failure
April 20, 2007
A Questionable Child Arrest - (en español)
April 13, 2007
More Parents Struggling To Keep Their Children Healthy
April 6, 2007
Beating the Odds—Something to Cheer About
March 30, 2007
Our Children Are Dying For Health Care: Help Them
March 23, 2007
Another Call to Conscience and Action for Katrina's Children
March 16, 2007
Three Sisters, Three Illnesses, No Health Coverage - (en español)
March 9, 2007
Elect Susie - (en español)
March 2, 2007
Fighting for Health Coverage for All Our Children In 2007
February 23, 2007
Black Families Need to Hold On to Children
February 16, 2007
Does Congress Pass the Test in Protecting Children?
February 9, 2007
Protect Children, Not Guns
February 2, 2007
Judge Jane Bolin
January 26, 2007
Making Health Coverage for All Children a Reality in 2007
January 19, 2007
New Year, New Leaders Ready to Make a Difference
January 12, 2007
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