Open Letter to the National Assessment Governing Board: Stop Letting Others Lie About Our Children with Your Data open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...

The Cruelty and Recklessness Must End: We Need Better Immigration Policies for a Stronger America - Center for American Progress www.americanprogress.org/events/the-c...

Dismantling the Department of Education: Ten Bills That Ask Zero Questions About What Happens to Kids open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...

EdTrust and 92 organizations oppose the package of legislation that would allow the Trump administration’s illegal dismantling of the Department of Ed to happen. Read the full statement: https://edtru.st/44vwhpl #ProtectPublicEducation

Trump v. Barbara: Babies Won, But the Fight Over Birthright Citizenship Isn't Over open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...

Congressional Republicans’ Big Beautiful Bill Threatens Access to Free School Meals - Center for American Progress www.americanprogress.org/article/cong...

2026 KIDS COUNT Data Book - The Annie E. Casey Foundation www.aecf.org/resources/20...

Where Young Voters Can Decide Elections in 2026 | CIRCLE circle.tufts.edu/yesi2026#mai...

Agree with @childrens-rights.bsky.social.

Children Are Increasing in the South: Their Champions Aren't open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...

Rep. Ivey: It's going to cost $125M to change the name from Department of Defense to Department of War. Vought: "It's common sense." (We could spend $125M on healthcare, food, education, infrastructure, but we have to tell the world that we're going to attack first, not just defending ourselves?)

On Birthright Citizenship: The Constitution Held open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...

Children Need Congress and the Administration to Preserve the Promise of Olmstead open.substack.com/pub/firstfoc...

Misdiagnosed: The Administration Handed Special Education to an Agency That Knows Nothing About Schools open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...

Children's Week 2026: What Washington Owes Our Kids open.substack.com/pub/bruceles... It's Children's Week. Let's hold our lawmakers accountable to do better by our kids.

Happy Children's Day!

Sen. Markey and Rep. McGarvey Want to Give Children a Voice -- Congress Should Listen open.substack.com/pub/bruceles... A bill of importance to children was introduced last week in Congress.

Child well-being in Texas below national average, report shows couriertexas.com/local/local-...

Inside Trump’s White House, the Epstein Files Caused a Freakout - The New York Times

The Promise Was a Lie: The Cuts Are Already Here, and the Worst Is Still Coming open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...

As schools close nationwide, Black students bear the greatest burden

We barely invest in Kansas City kids. That’s no path to a strong future | Paula Neth w/ Futures First - AOL

Runaways, bullying and assault reported inside teen treatment center for adoptees | AP News apnews.com/article/adop...

‘Things were going dark left and right’: the race to save US government datasets before they’re deleted | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Immigrant moms with American babies anxiously await birthright citizenship ruling - ABC News abcnews.com/Politics/imm...

Will Jawando would make a great Montgomery County Executive. #VoteKids open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...

Texas School Police Pepper-Sprayed, Tackled and Tasered Students - The New York Times www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Texas’ discipline push sends kids to ‘jail-like’ campuses - The Texas Tribune hechingerreport.org/texas-discip...

Child Poverty Is a Choice, and So Is Ending It open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...

Children Are Not Property: The Case for Children’s Fundamental Rights open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...

Philadelphia Voters Pass Ballot Measure Making Office of Youth Ombudsperson Permanent | Juvenile Law Center jlc.org/news/philade...

Congress and RFK Jr. Said the Kids Were Protected, but the Numbers Reveal the Truth open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...

Tennessee school district bans Alex Haley’s Roots under 2022 state law | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

DeSantis and Ladapo tout ‘freedom’ as measles rages • Florida Phoenix floridaphoenix.com/2026/05/16/d... Whose freedom? Children should be FREE of measles.

We Cannot Let Trump Cut Childhood Cancer Research - The New York Times

Letter of Support: Supporting Newborn Parents Act of 2026  - Campaign For Children campaignforchildren.org/resource/let...

Medicaid Threats Endanger Children's Health Care | First Focus on Children firstfocus.org/news/medicai...

Pro-Birth Is Not Pro-Baby open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...

Illinois' book ban protections stand out as U.S. bans surge - Axios Chicago www.axios.com/local/chicag...

Child Fatality Task Force releases report with recommendatio... www.wakeweekly.com/news/child-f...

Abuse Leaves Measurable Biological Marks in Children's Bodies Within a Year - ScienceBlog scienceblog.com/abuse-leaves...

I Remember America Before the Measles Vaccine - The Atlantic www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

For the Little Children open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...

Rx Kids associated with significant reductions in infant maltreatment investigations | University of Michigan Health www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/r...

"Parental Rights" Conservatives Smear Connecticut's Attempt to Prevent Child Abuse www.liberalcurrents.com/parental-rig...

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says a farm community in Italy for people with addiction is a model for wellness camps designed to ease the U.S. overdose crisis. Critics say the idea is dangerous. n.pr/4cUVoWk

Choosing Children: A Roadmap for the 119th Congress open.substack.com/pub/firstfoc...

Congress Is Broken and Unpopular: Here Are 12 Reforms Children and Families Need open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...

Children’s groups weighing in on Louisiana v. Callais: First Focus on Children open.substack.com/pub/bruceles... Children’s Defense Fund yellowscene.com/2026/05/04/c...