Creating Change
- CDF President Discusses CDF's Cradle to Prison Pipeline® Campaign
In this new video, Harvard University's Charles Ogletree's talks with CDF President Marian Wright Edelman about her work in ending America's pipeline to prison. She discusses the social and economic conditions that have created this system where millions of children are born without hope for a better future.
- CDF President Marian Wright Edelman's "The Economic Costs of Uninsured Children"
In June, Rice University's James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy released "The Economic Impact of Uninsured Children on America," a new report whose bottom line is that extending health insurance coverage to all children in the United States would be relatively inexpensive compared to the cost of letting children remain uninsured and would yield economic benefits that are greater than the costs. Read more...
CDF News
- 08/25/09
4 Youth Prisons in New York Used Excessive Force
New York Times - 08/23/09
Activist Cathy Grace Still Educating the Public
The Clarion Ledger - 08/20/09
Peaceful Revolution: What's a Key Element of Health Care Reform?
Huffington Post - 08/18/09
California Healthy Families To Cut 60,000 Kids
CBS Channel 5 News - 08/17/09
Back To School Insurance Push
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