Why a balanced budget would be disastrous
Leo Nguyen,
April 5, 2018
Tea Party and other conservatives are pushing for a vote in the House of Representatives next week on a balanced budget amendment, which would amend the Constitution of the United States to require Congress to balance the federal budget every year. While this might not sound like such a bad...
Continuing Dr. King’s fight
Deborah Weinstein,
April 4, 2018
Reverend James Lawson was on National Public Radio yesterday, remembering Dr. Martin Luther King’s last campaign for justice. Rev. Lawson, now 89, was a leader and teacher of nonviolent resistance in Memphis then, and urged Dr. King to come in support of the sanitation workers striking to raise their poverty...
Every baby has a story — child care policy helps shape it
CHN Staff,
April 4, 2018
Editor’s note: The Coalition on Human Needs is participating in the Children’s Blog Carnival, hosted and sponsored by the Children’s Leadership Council. Today’s post is authored by Patricia Cole, Senior Director of Federal Policy of ZERO TO THREE. Previous carnival blogs have focused on “grandfamilies,” grandparents or other relatives raising children;...
The importance of dental health in children
CHN Staff,
April 3, 2018
Editor’s note: The Coalition on Human Needs is participating in the Children’s Blog Carnival, hosted and sponsored by the Children’s Leadership Council. Today’s post is authored by Natalie Shaffer, Public Affairs Associate at Oral Health America. By Natalie Shaffer Tooth decay is the most common chronic disease in children – left...
Let’s move forward together
CHN,
April 2, 2018
Editor’s note: The Coalition on Human Needs is participating in the Children’s Blog Carnival, hosted and sponsored by the Children’s Leadership Council. Today’s post is authored by Marian Wright Edelman, President of the Children’s Defense Fund. It was originally posted on the Children’s Defense Fund website. By Marian Wright Edelman In the...
