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The Problem of Unregulated Homeschool - The Atlantic www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...
January 14, 2026 at 2:46 PM
The Problem of Unregulated Homeschool - The Atlantic www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...
Watch: How the Trump Administration Is Remaking Public Education — ProPublica www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Vouchers, Patriotism and Prayer: The Trump Administration’s Plan to Remake Public Education
Education Secretary Linda McMahon is bringing about a new era in education — and perhaps the end of public schools as we know them.
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January 13, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Watch: How the Trump Administration Is Remaking Public Education — ProPublica www.propublica.org/article/trum...
The Misguided Push to Abolish the Department of Education firstfocusonchildren.substack.com/p/the-misgui...
The Misguided Push to Abolish the Department of Education
The Trump Administration has taken another significant step toward dismantling the Department of Education by proposing a plan to use six “interagency agreements” that would disperse many of the…
firstfocusonchildren.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 10:35 PM
The Misguided Push to Abolish the Department of Education firstfocusonchildren.substack.com/p/the-misgui...
Rep. Sara Jacobs, Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Bill Cassidy Lead Bicameral Bill to Help Families Claim the Child Tax Credit After a Natural Disaster sarajacobs.house.gov/news/press-r...
Current law actually slashes the Child Tax Credit for children and families who are victims of a natural disaster.
Current law actually slashes the Child Tax Credit for children and families who are victims of a natural disaster.
Rep. Sara Jacobs, Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Bill Cassidy Lead Bicameral Bill to Help Families Claim the Child Tax Credit After a Natural Disaster | U.S. Congresswoman Sara Jacobs Of California's 51st District
The Official U.S. Congressional website of Congresswoman Sara Jacobs
sarajacobs.house.gov
January 4, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Rep. Sara Jacobs, Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Bill Cassidy Lead Bicameral Bill to Help Families Claim the Child Tax Credit After a Natural Disaster sarajacobs.house.gov/news/press-r...
Current law actually slashes the Child Tax Credit for children and families who are victims of a natural disaster.
Current law actually slashes the Child Tax Credit for children and families who are victims of a natural disaster.
The Trump Administration’s Culture of Death to Children | Marci A. Hamilton | Verdict | Legal Analysis and Commentary from Justia verdict.justia.com/2025/12/30/t...
The Trump Administration’s Culture of Death to Children
University of Pennsylvania professor Marci A. Hamilton addresses the Trump administration’s handling of public health, particularly its promotion of anti-vaccine rhetoric and policy decisions that…
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January 1, 2026 at 2:32 PM
The Trump Administration’s Culture of Death to Children | Marci A. Hamilton | Verdict | Legal Analysis and Commentary from Justia verdict.justia.com/2025/12/30/t...
Maryland Attorney General Sues U.S. Department Of Education Over Cuts To Community School Funding - The BayNet
Maryland Attorney General Sues U.S. Department Of Education Over Cuts To Community School Funding - The BayNet
BALTIMORE, Md. – Attorney General Anthony G. Brown and two other attorneys general filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education to stop unlawful cuts to congressionally approved funding…
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December 31, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Maryland Attorney General Sues U.S. Department Of Education Over Cuts To Community School Funding - The BayNet
Choosing Harm Over Help: How U.S. Policymakers Are Turning Against Children brucelesley.substack.com/p/choosing-h...
Choosing Harm Over Help: How U.S. Policymakers Are Turning Against Children
When children need investment, care, and protection, they’re being met instead with abandonment, cruelty, and systemic neglect.
brucelesley.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Choosing Harm Over Help: How U.S. Policymakers Are Turning Against Children brucelesley.substack.com/p/choosing-h...
Letter: Opposing Health Care Freedom for Patients Act and Urging Permanent Protection for Children’s Health Coverage - Campaign For Children campaignforchildren.org/resource/let...
The Cassidy bill literally provides nothing for kids.
The Cassidy bill literally provides nothing for kids.
Letter: Opposing Health Care Freedom for Patients Act and Urging Permanent Protection for Children’s Health Coverage
First Focus Campaign for Children sent a letter to all members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives today urging lawmakers to oppose the Health
campaignforchildren.org
December 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Letter: Opposing Health Care Freedom for Patients Act and Urging Permanent Protection for Children’s Health Coverage - Campaign For Children campaignforchildren.org/resource/let...
The Cassidy bill literally provides nothing for kids.
The Cassidy bill literally provides nothing for kids.
Why Kennedy’s Message on Parental Rights, HIPAA, and Kids’ Medical Records Misses the Point open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...
Why Kennedy’s Message on Parental Rights, HIPAA, and Kids’ Medical Records Misses the Point
Parents have rights under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), but so do kids.
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Why Kennedy’s Message on Parental Rights, HIPAA, and Kids’ Medical Records Misses the Point open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...
Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough • Kentucky Lantern kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough • Kentucky Lantern
A third unvaccinated infant in Kentucky has died of pertussis as public health officials urge Kentuckians to get vaccinated against the disease.
kentuckylantern.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough • Kentucky Lantern kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
Childhood trauma to prison: How trauma fuels the vicious cycle | Public News Service app.publicnewsservice.org/story/childh...
Public News Service | News in the Public Interest
Public News Service (PNS) is a member-supported news service that advocates journalism in the public interest. PNS's network of state-based news services distribute high quality public interest news…
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November 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Childhood trauma to prison: How trauma fuels the vicious cycle | Public News Service app.publicnewsservice.org/story/childh...
Mamdani is building a universal child care team, but faces daunting financial and logistical challenges - POLITICO www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Mamdani is building a universal child care team, but faces daunting financial and logistical challenges
The mayor-elect has tapped government veterans as he looks to implement the $6 billion initiative.
www.politico.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Mamdani is building a universal child care team, but faces daunting financial and logistical challenges - POLITICO www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
The CDC revives debunked ‘link’ between childhood vaccines and autism : Shots - Health News : NPR www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Under RFK Jr.,, the CDC rewrote its vaccine safety page to spread misinformation and doubt about vaccines. This will harm children.
Under RFK Jr.,, the CDC rewrote its vaccine safety page to spread misinformation and doubt about vaccines. This will harm children.
The CDC revives debunked 'link' between childhood vaccines and autism
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webpage that previously stated "Vaccines do not cause autism" has been changed to cast doubt on the scientific research that supports the finding.
www.npr.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The CDC revives debunked ‘link’ between childhood vaccines and autism : Shots - Health News : NPR www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Under RFK Jr.,, the CDC rewrote its vaccine safety page to spread misinformation and doubt about vaccines. This will harm children.
Under RFK Jr.,, the CDC rewrote its vaccine safety page to spread misinformation and doubt about vaccines. This will harm children.
Children at the Ballot Box: Why Direct Democracy May Be a Game-Changer for Kids brucelesley.substack.com/p/children-a...
#VoteKids #InvestInKids
#VoteKids #InvestInKids
Children at the Ballot Box: Why Direct Democracy May Be a Game-Changer for Kids
Child advocates have often ignored or minimized the use of ballot measures and direct democracy as part of our playbook. It's past time to change that.
brucelesley.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Children at the Ballot Box: Why Direct Democracy May Be a Game-Changer for Kids brucelesley.substack.com/p/children-a...
#VoteKids #InvestInKids
#VoteKids #InvestInKids
Recent Actions by the Trump Administration Target Children with Disabilities | First Focus on Children firstfocus.org/update/recent-… by Chad Bolt and Lily Klam
Recent Actions by the Trump Administration Target Children with Disabilities
Proposed rules, reductions in force, threaten roughly 100,000 children who rely on Supplemental Security Income, plus others in need of support and
firstfocus.org
November 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Recent Actions by the Trump Administration Target Children with Disabilities | First Focus on Children firstfocus.org/update/recent-… by Chad Bolt and Lily Klam
As governor, lawmakers mull special session agenda, child advocacy groups have some ideas • Nevada Current nevadacurrent.com/2025/11/07/a...
As governor, lawmakers mull special session agenda, child advocacy groups have some ideas • Nevada Current
Nevada’s child care crisis should warrant a special session rather than efforts to give public subsidies to film studies, advocacy groups say. “We don’t think this is the time where we need to be…
nevadacurrent.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
As governor, lawmakers mull special session agenda, child advocacy groups have some ideas • Nevada Current nevadacurrent.com/2025/11/07/a...
The Trump Admin must release the SNAP contingency fund today so that 16 million kids do not start going hungry tomorrow.
It’s that simple.
It’s that simple.
November 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The Trump Admin must release the SNAP contingency fund today so that 16 million kids do not start going hungry tomorrow.
It’s that simple.
It’s that simple.
Money Matters: The Nation’s Retreat from Kids brucelesley.substack.com/p/money-matt...
First Focus on Children released our annual report yesterday, Children's Budget 2025. The findings show a 30+% decline in the share of federal funding to children from 2021 to Trump's FY 2026 budget proposal.
First Focus on Children released our annual report yesterday, Children's Budget 2025. The findings show a 30+% decline in the share of federal funding to children from 2021 to Trump's FY 2026 budget proposal.
Money Matters: The Nation’s Retreat from Kids
Federal spending on children has dropped to historic lows, but the steepest cuts are ahead.
brucelesley.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Money Matters: The Nation’s Retreat from Kids brucelesley.substack.com/p/money-matt...
First Focus on Children released our annual report yesterday, Children's Budget 2025. The findings show a 30+% decline in the share of federal funding to children from 2021 to Trump's FY 2026 budget proposal.
First Focus on Children released our annual report yesterday, Children's Budget 2025. The findings show a 30+% decline in the share of federal funding to children from 2021 to Trump's FY 2026 budget proposal.
Fear and Harm as Policy: How the Feds Are Traumatizing Children brucelesley.substack.com/p/fear-and-h...
Fear and Harm as Policy: How the Feds Are Traumatizing Children
Noem's Department of Homeland Security is not targeting the "worst of the worst" as she claims: her agency is increasingly targeting the children of immigrants.
brucelesley.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Fear and Harm as Policy: How the Feds Are Traumatizing Children brucelesley.substack.com/p/fear-and-h...