Ben Dawson, Author at Children's Defense Fund

Saying Grace

During the Thanksgiving season I often share the description of an editorial cartoon my father kept pinned up in the vestibule of our church that made a deep childhood impression on me I have never forgotten.

November 22, 2024 | National

Children's Defense Fund Statement in Response to the Nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

CDF is not, nor has it ever been, associated with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., or Children's Health Defense, the organization he created.

November 15, 2024 | National

Honoring General Tubman

On Veterans Day, November 11, the state of Maryland posthumously named Harriet Tubman a one-star brigadier general in Maryland’s National Guard.

November 15, 2024

Keep Rising

This is a moment when many people are feeling as if the dream they have of what America can and should be has been deferred yet again, while the forces that seem willing to ignore, excuse, or embrace misogyny, racism, bigotry, bullying, and cruelty may appear to be ascendant.

November 8, 2024 | National

Immigration

TODAY: U.S. Fifth Circuit Court to Hear Oral Arguments in Key Immigration Case that will Impact Hundreds of Thousands of Children

AUSTIN, TX—Today, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in two cases that will largely determine the futures of hundreds of thousands of children and their families in Texas.

October 10, 2024 | Texas

Posts by Ben Dawson

Saying Grace

Children's Defense Fund Statement in Response to the Nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Honoring General Tubman

Keep Rising

The Most Powerful Tool

Prayers for Our Nation’s Young People

Next Week: CDF-Texas to Honor ‘Advocate for Joy’ Recipients at ‘Celebration of Joy’ Ceremony in Weslaco

Voting for the Future

Hope and Help After Storms

TODAY: U.S. Fifth Circuit Court to Hear Oral Arguments in Key Immigration Case that will Impact Hundreds of Thousands of Children

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