Changing Head Start Rules Would Rob Kids of Skills They Need for School and Life bit.ly/4hQI2x5

Did you know the U.S. House of Representatives once had an entire committee whose sole purpose was to investigate, report on, and publicize issues related to children and their families? Did you know that the committee's work helped inform almost every major piece of child and family policy in the '80s and early '90s (and many beyond)? And did you know that despite the committee expiring in 1993 for reasons that had nothing to do with its merits, no Congress has since brought it back? Well, @BruceLesley and I think it's high time the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families makes a reappearance, and we argue in a joint article that doing so should be one of the first acts of the 120th Congress when they're sworn in this coming January. "Give children and their families desperately needed attention. Give lawmakers places to see the whole child. And give the country a regular accounting of whether its government is meeting its obligations to the next generation. Congress has committees devoted to people and interests powerful enough to demand attention. Children deserve dedicated attention precisely because they cannot."

Pleased to co-author a piece with @ehaspel on why the next Congress should re-establish the House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. Our children can't wait. (1)

When 2.3 Million Children Disappear from Medicaid, Ask Why brucelesley.substack.com/p/w…

NEW exclusive from me: Health officials moved money out of the Office of Minority Health to help pay for the ballooning costs of RFK Jr.'s security wsj.com/politics/policy/rfk-…

The U.S. is the world’s only nation that has failed to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The world stands at a crossroads. Despite extraordinary progress driven by cooperation and shared purpose, we face unprecedented backsliding on child rights, gender equality, international law and investment in children. Today, we ask world leaders at #UNGA: What kind of future will you choose to build for children?  unicef.link/4gsOOYy

We are pleased to be hosting a critically important Capitol briefing entitled Collateral Damage: show H.R. 1’s “Adult” Medicaid Cuts Are Impacting Children and Families One Year In with our partners at @AmerAcadPeds @CLASP_DC @FamiliesUSA @GeorgetownCCF.

Harming child care workers, which are desperately needed.

Agree! It harms children as well. A Proposed 400-Page OMB Rule Could Make It Easier to Defund Children's Programs Overnight open.substack.com/pub/firstf…

How Two Scholars are Mobilizing Research to Support Education for a Multiracial Democracy - William T. Grant Foundation bit.ly/4eLPFEF

Cutting State Funding while Intensifying Test-and-Punish Won’t Improve Public Schools | @janresseger - janresseger.wordpress.com/20…

Parental Loss Due to Drugs, Violence Raises Child Death Risk by 2,000% usnews.com/news/health-news/…

Congress throws hurdles in efforts to shut down Education Department washingtonexaminer.com/polic…

As Medicaid shrinks, Idaho weighs eliminating state disability programs buff.ly/ND2djW7

Poll Shows Support for Policies That Help Families Afford Child Care – BlackPressUSA bit.ly/4r81Mi7

We proudly filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court with partners explaining how ending birthright citizenship would irreparably harm every baby born in the United States. (1)

NY's child poverty rate is still one of the worst in the nation | WAMC buff.ly/gs2o4RV

Stuff like feeding bleach to children. Parents are poisoning their children with bleach to 'cure' autism. These moms are trying to stop it. - NBC News nbcnews.com/tech/internet/mo…

It Is Unconscionable That Our Government Is Choosing to Harm Children Like Liam - @BruceLesley - open.substack.com/pub/brucel…