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Federal spending on children has declined for the fourth straight year, according to First Focus on Children’s new budget...
So it happened. Now that the shutdown is here, there’s just one thing Congress must do: Put kids first. “Budget...
If a child had a book report due, but dawdled on the playground instead of writing it, that child...
The country’s top vaccine advisors are meeting for the last time in 2025 right at this very moment. When they...
Child poverty rose to 13.4% in 2024, according to new census data, an increase of 158% since 2021. One-hundred-and-fifty-eight-percent. More...
Congress is back and the Internet has supplied lawmakers with a perfect metaphor for the plight of America’s children....
The March of the Recissions continues, apparently with an even greater focus on hollowing out supports for children. The...
The Supreme Court’s decision this week to allow roughly 1,400 Department of Education employees to be fired gives the...
The vote on reconciliation is over, but the harm it will bring to the nation’s children has just begun....
