Dividing Lines Hurt Kids: How Gerrymandering Cuts Children When a state, a county, or a school district draws political lines or school boundaries that disadvantage and disempower the people and fail to reflect the interests, needs, and concerns of its…

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How gerrymandering undermines democracy and fails children.

Who Counts as American? The Constitutional Crisis at the Maternity Ward Trump’s Executive Order 14160 rewrites the 14th Amendment – targeting babies and redefining birthright citizenship

The Trump Admin keeps losing in court on birthright citizenship, but it continues to move forward with guidance released by USCIS, the State Dept, and the Social Security Admin that paints a disturbing picture of what this would look like for BABIES. brucelesley.substack.com/p/who-counts...

Letter of Support: Maintain strong funding for the Healthy Start program Today, First Focus Campaign for Children, the National Healthy Start Association, and nearly 200 national, state, and local partner organizations urged

Letter of Support: Maintain strong funding for the Healthy Start program - Campaign For Children campaignforchildren.org/resource/let...

New documents show how passport and Social Security rules would change to enforce Trump’s birthright citizenship order | CNN www.cnn.com/2025/07/28/p...

The bureaucracy, paperwork, and administrative barriers imposed by the EO could potentially negatively impact every baby born in this country.

The Power of Student Protests in the Fight for Democracy: Why Trump and Authoritarians Worldwide Fear Campus Activism Trump's Threat to Universities and the Global History of Student-Led Democratic Change

The Power of Student Protests in the Fight for Democracy: Why Trump and Authoritarians Worldwide Fear Campus Activism open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...

Opinion | Trump is unpopular, polls show, and he's building an America most Americans hate | Opinion — USA TODAY President Donald Trump and the toadies who populate his administration think his presidency is going great. Polling shows Americans strongly disagree.

Trump is unpopular, polls show, and he's building an America most Americans hate | @rexhuppke.bsky.social - USA TODAY apple.news/ATNMkWlSVRQ6...

MAHA Moms: What Say You? What does it truly mean to make America healthy again – for our children?

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MAHA Moms: What Say You? What does it truly mean to make America healthy again – for our children?

🥗 @brucelesley.bsky.social from @firstfocus.bsky.social asks MAHA moms, “What say you now?” Is this what they wanted?

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Fewer NV families will qualify for child tax credit under Trump tax and spending bill Parents or guardians of about 175,000 Nevada children are already ineligible for the federal child tax credit, and an additional 35,000 Nevada children will lose eligibility under President Donald…

Fewer NV families will qualify for child tax credit under Trump tax and spending bill | @mjlyle.bsky.social - News From The States www.newsfromthestates.com/article/fewe...

Segregation in schools surges as Trump Administration scuttles desegregation orders Over 70 years have passed since the Supreme Court ruled on Brown v. Board of Education, yet segregation in American schools is surging. In the largest 100

Segregation in schools surges as Trump Administration scuttles desegregation orders | First Focus on Children firstfocus.org/update/segre...

A pediatrician helped expose Flint's water crisis. Now she's fighting poverty one baby at a time. Dr. Mona Hanna created Rx kids, a program that gives cash to pregnant moms with no strings attached.

A pediatrician helped expose Flint's water crisis. Now she's fighting poverty one baby at a time. - CBS News www.cbsnews.com/news/mona-ha...

The Message Is ‘We Can Take Your Children’ More systematically than in his first term, Trump is rolling back protections for undocumented minors.

THE MESSAGE IS ‘WE CAN TAKE YOUR CHILDREN’
More systematically than in his first term, Trump is rolling back protections for undocumented minors. - The Atlantic www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

No Sun Bucks in Tennessee: Gov. Lee Rejects Summer Meal Funds, Lets Kids Go Hungry Innovative, low-cost program with proven results rejected in favor of spending more and feeding less

No Sun Bucks in Tennessee: Gov. Lee Rejects Summer Meal Funds, Lets Kids Go Hungry open.substack.com/pub/theeduca...

Why child health advocates worry about the loss of federal summer EBT funding Iowa has launched its own summer EBT program that food security advocates say provides nutrition for a fraction of kids who otherwise may struggle to eat enough when school is out of session. More…

Why child health advocates worry about the loss of federal summer EBT funding | PBS News www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...

Trump administration cuts to school nutrition program will hurt New Jersey kids, farmers The US Department of Agriculture canceled $1.13 billion in funds promised to America’s schools, child care facilities, and food banks.

Trump administration cuts to school nutrition program will hurt New Jersey kids, farmers | Josh Israel - The New Jersey Independent jerseyindependent.com/politics/tru...

Opinion | Pregnancy Is Going to Be Even More Dangerous in America The most vulnerable mothers have the most to lose from Medicaid cuts.

Pregnancy Is Going to Be Even More Dangerous in America - The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/o...

Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ cuts food stamps for millions — the average family may lose $146 per month, report finds - CNBC

Trump’s megabill is creating a budget nightmare for states — POLITICO The fiscal pain comes as up to 20 governors face reelection in 2026.

Trump’s megabill is creating a budget nightmare for states - POLITICO apple.news/AlhMvBr6vS5K...

And what is a major budget item in state budgets: CHILDREN (education, early childhood, child care, child health, child nutrition, foster care, juvenile justice, etc.).

16 and 17-year-olds to be able to vote in next general election as government says it will lower voting age in UK Lowering the voting age across the UK means around 1.5 million 16 and 17-year-olds will be able to vote at the next general election.

16 and 17-year-olds to be able to vote in next general election as government says it will lower voting age in UK www.bbc.com/news/live/c9...

Almost 200 countries guarantee children’s rights. Why doesn’t the US? The US never signed on to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which experts say paves the way for cuts to federal funding for children’s health coverage

Almost 200 countries guarantee children’s rights. Why doesn’t the US? | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump and Kennedy Throw Head Start Into Reverse How the administration seeks to use the venerable children's care program as an anti-immigrant weapon.

Trump and Kennedy Throw Head Start Into Reverse - Mark Kreidler - Capital & Main capitalandmain.com/trump-and-ke...

Letter of Opposition: The Constitutional Citizenship Clarification Act of 2025 singles out babies for harm Today, First Focus Campaign for Children sent a letter to the sponsors of S. 2274, the Constitutional Citizenship Clarification Act of 2025, strongly

Letter of Opposition: Sen. Cotton’s bill, the Constitutional Citizenship Clarification Act of 2025, singles out babies for harm campaignforchildren.org/resource/let...

No Matter How You Look at It, the Big Beautiful Bill is a Monstrosity Here are three views of the bill's horrific distributional consequences.

No Matter How You Look at It, the Big Beautiful Bill is a Monstrosity www.dollarsandsense.org/no-matter-ho...

Vaccine roll outs cut deaths and infections by 60% says study The study looked at vaccines deployed during outbreaks of five deadly diseases.

Vaccine roll outs cut deaths and infections by 60% says study www.bbc.com/news/article...

Opinion: Medicaid Saved My Family, It Could Save Yours Too As a teenager, the issue of Medicaid was only a topic of political discussion for me. I supported the program’s expansion, but never really thought of the issue as my fight. My family had a strong…

Medicaid Saved My Family, It Could Save Yours Too - @samreaganslc.bsky.social - Daily Utah Chronicle dailyutahchronicle.com/2025/07/11/o...

ICE Is So Out of Control, They Tried to Raid a Kids’ Baseball Practice ICE agents attempted to question a group of middle and high school-aged U.S. citizens about their immigration status.

ICE Is So Out of Control, They Tried to Raid a Kids’ Baseball Practice | The New Republic newrepublic.com/post/197875/...

New York Faces $750 million Medicaid budget gap | wgrz.com

H.R. 1 Will Make America’s Kids Hungrier and Less Healthy A Moral Gut-Check

H.R. 1 Will Make America’s Kids Hungrier and Less Healthy
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