As a nation--I agree with Mrs. Powell, who described the situation regarding our kids as abysmal.
the American tradition is that immigrants move up the ladder, as they have for many hundreds of years, and it's our job ...
The rate of children living in poverty this year will climb to nearly 22 percent, the highest rate in two decades.
I think it costs more money to keep somebody in jail than send them to Harvard University.
If we ignore kids... many of these kids are going to end up in jail, and many of these kids are going to end up in gover...
I think it's an international disgrace, that we have the highest rate of childhood poverty in the industrialized world.
But, it's important to understand that arriving immigrants find themselves on the lower rungs of the economic ladder.
The economy will turn. Those children who fall into the rabbit hole of poverty right now will not recover.
I think, frankly, it is a national disgrace.
So, it becomes a class issue, and not just an abstract health issue.
If you ignore the needs of little children, you know what? They are going to fail in school. And if they fail in school,...