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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.…
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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.…
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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. …
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Health
New Texas executive order requires hospitals to ask about immigrant status. Here’s what it means for Texas children and their families.
Children’s Defense Fund-Texas (CDF-TX) is deeply concerned about the impact of Executive Order GA-46 on Texas children and families.…
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