California: “Slashing away its future and bickering away its present”

Ezra Klein today critiques California’s budget process, and finds a disaster that could spread to the federal budget. California requires a two-thirds majority in order to raise taxes, which means lawmakers essentially can’t change tax policy. So even though loopholes…

The It Gets Better Project brings hope

You may remember the alarming recent suicides by youth who were made to feel they could never have a happy life due to their sexual orientation. To give LGBT young people hope, an It Gets Better movement arose organically across…

Children’s hospitals at risk in budget slashing discussions

Although the country is gripped in budget hysteria lately, it’s important to remember that these numbers some are talking about cutting represent real people. Texas, which has been home to many of the most radical plans to slash child services…

Reject cuts to our children’s future!

The budget debate happening now in Washington will decide the health, education and safety of millions of America’s children. While President Obama has put forward a budget that addresses the debt while still investing in children, many in Congress are…

Voices praises investments in children in President Obama’s budget

President Obama today proposed a budget that would make important new investments in children. Of course, the president’s budget proposal is basically a long memo in the form of a budget and Congress is unlikely to take it up, but…

Our Life in the D[etroit]

Voices member Michigan’s Children is sponsoring an innovative multimedia project for kids in Detroit. Called “Our Life in the D,” the site features stories and content from Detroit children working under the guidance of professional journalists.

Obama proposes extra aid to struggling states

We’ve often talked about how failing state budgets could hurt quality of life for America’s children. Most states face big shortfalls and so are forced to contemplate cutting programs that help feed, educate and care for our kids.

When President…

Middle-class increasingly depends on government programs

The gap between middle-class and high-income families is up by 50 percent since 1985. As a result, middle-class families increasingly need government help for health care and education, according to a new study from the Foundation for Child Development.

Deficit Commission misses the mark

This week President Obama’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform outlined its preliminary recommendations for the nation’s finances.  Voices for America’s Children, as the nation’s largest network of multi-issue child advocacy groups, has a responsibility to speak out for…