The health and well-being of children is not a partisan issue. I was heartened this Election Day to see the many ways that so many individuals used their votes to prioritize kids.
Read MoreEach election season, I see the same articles, the same tweets, and the same pleas from advocates to candidates running for public office: we need you to talk about kids. What is it that keeps us from centering young people in policy conversations? What will it take for sustained change—a culture shift in the way we think and talk about, and act on behalf of kids?
Read MoreAs a nation, we are deeply entrenched in the fight for racial justice, are living through the effects of climate change, and are battling to survive a global pandemic. Indeed, we are at an inflection point—not only for how we, as a country, address these issues, but how we care for and prioritize our children and young people.
Read MoreI’m going to say it: as a country, we don’t think about our kids early or often enough, and our current situation around opening schools is proof. COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic in March, and schools closed—this was the day schools closed this spring was the day we should have started thinking and talking about the safest way to get kids back into the classrooms.
Read MoreThe kids are at it again. They're all over social media, on the front page of the New York Times Sunday Style section and many other news sources. The Black Lives Matter movement is reaching every part of our country, and young people are proving, once again, that their voices are important—and we need to listen.
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