First Focus on Children provides on-the-record context, analysis and, of course, quotes about the issues pressing hardest on our nation’s children. We also offer Reporter Roundtables, newsletters and media briefs.
New Britain Herald, By James Craven … NEW BRITAIN — As Southington High School junior Isabelle Palumbo took a...
Washington Independent, By Mark Lillis … A little after midnight, nearing the end of yesterday’s marathon health reform debate in the...
Youth Today, By Jamaal Abdul-Alim … Total federal spending on children’s programs increased 10.5 percent this year over last...
Connecticut Post, By Ken Dixon … HARTFORD — The recession is forcing Connecticut families into poverty at a rate...
MomsRising Blog, By Donna Norton … Full disclosure: I’m not a great baker. My kids think a Betty Crocker...
Christian Science Monitor, By Gail Russell Chaddock … Congress has left the building. Four out of five committees of...
The New York Times, By Robert Pear … WASHINGTON — The major health care bills moving through Congress would...
The Arizona Republic, By Megan Gordon … The number of homeless schoolchildren in Arizona has surpassed 25,000 – equivalent...
AlterNet, By Michelle Chen … Last fall, Yolanda James and her three children were lost in their own city....
