Over the last few decades, fundamental changes in the way we work and live have trapped too many American families betwe...
The second step we'll take to strengthen families is to ensure that working Americans are not impoverished Americans.
There are fewer and fewer families who can tell this story today.
Parents will need to make sure their kids turn off the TV once in a while, and put away the video games, and start hitti...
I think about my grandfather, who first became a father when my mother was born on a Kansas army base at the outset of W...
And of course, though I did not know him well, every year around Father's Day I think of my own father. He and my mother...
And instead of waiting every ten years for Congress to fight over raising the minimum wage, I will finally make the mini...
The jobs that remain pay less and offer fewer benefits, as employers have succeeded in busting up unions and cutting bac...
So, for those Americans who have been searching unsuccessfully for employment, I will invest $50 million in programs tha...
It has not been lost on either Michelle or myself that our family's story has been America's story - a story of opportun...
He began to find comfort in his faith, and when he left jail, he moved in with an aunt who expected him to behave well a...
Providing these families with the same chances that previous generations have had is a daunting challenge, but it is cer...
We know that to fill these jobs, we'll also have to get serious about educating our workforce for the 21st century.
But he told us that of everything that's out there, his biggest dream is to someday stand in the front yard of his own h...
Today, 54% of all African-American children live in single-parent households, a number that has doubled since 1960.
None of this agenda will happen overnight, nor will it be easy to get done. But then again, America's story hasn't been ...
I don't know about you, but I'm tired of hearing that town tell us we can't.
My plan would also support families with children by expanding the Child Tax Credit to an additional 600,000 more Americ...
