Young people explain all the “excellent reasons not to vote”

Filmmaker Errol Morris rounded up some likely voters for a short documentary on why more young people don’t exercise the franchise. The silly video, available here, comes paired with a serious editorial by Morris on why there’s such disillusionment among…

Images of children’s brains: normal versus neglected

Last week we talked about how hardship in the early years can show up in the actual brain development of children. Today, we have the pictures. New brain images of children with normal and neglected childhoods shockingly demonstrate how…

You’re all registered to vote, right?

We don’t tell people who to vote for at Voices. But we do feel the need to tell you how important it is to vote in this election. Simply put, kids can’t vote themselves, and this year in particular they…

2012 candidates need to focus on child poverty

The 2012 KIDS COUNT Databook shows the importance of addressing child poverty now. More than one in five kids now lives in poverty, and research by child development experts shows that even short bouts of deprivation can have adverse…

Will YOU #Speak4Kids?

It’s a crucial time for child well-being, so why are the 2012 candidates silent on child and family issues? As families struggle with unemployment, inadequate education for their children, and lack of health care, child advocates demand that the election…

Connecting Candidates to Kids

Election Day is less than three months away and we still aren’t hearing much from candidates at all levels about their plans to improve the lives of America’s children.  Voices for America’s Children is working to change this through its…

Pelosi, Sebelius declare “a new day for women’s preventive care”

The benefits of the 2010 health reform law continue to roll out. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius took to the pages of USA Today to celebrate women’s preventive care benefits…

Head Start to suffer in federal budget cuts

Planned federal budget cuts could hurt low-income families who count on programs like Head Start to give their children a shot. Around 80,000 slots for children could disappear by next year, and 30,000 teachers and staff could be out…

How much money does the government invest in children?

Voices interns Nicole Bibel and Sarah Rogers guest blog with us today on research into how much we, as a country, spend supporting child programs.

The recession has been officially over for a while now, but try telling that to…

Putting children on campaign radar in FL

Around 22 percent of American children live in poverty. So why are we talking about child poverty only 2 percent of the time? That’s what we asked in our recent report, which found that children’s issues hardly came up during…