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The Trump Administration’s Culture of Death to Children | Marci A. Hamilton | Verdict | Legal Analysis and Commentary from Justia verdict.justia.com/2025/12/30/t...
The Trump Administration’s Culture of Death to Children
University of Pennsylvania professor Marci A. Hamilton addresses the Trump administration’s handling of public health, particularly its promotion of anti-vaccine rhetoric and policy decisions that…
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January 1, 2026 at 2:53 PM
The Trump Administration’s Culture of Death to Children | Marci A. Hamilton | Verdict | Legal Analysis and Commentary from Justia verdict.justia.com/2025/12/30/t...
Why Kennedy’s Message on Parental Rights, HIPAA, and Kids’ Medical Records Misses the Point open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...
Why Kennedy’s Message on Parental Rights, HIPAA, and Kids’ Medical Records Misses the Point
Parents have rights under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), but so do kids.
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December 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Why Kennedy’s Message on Parental Rights, HIPAA, and Kids’ Medical Records Misses the Point open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...
Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough • Kentucky Lantern kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough • Kentucky Lantern
A third unvaccinated infant in Kentucky has died of pertussis as public health officials urge Kentuckians to get vaccinated against the disease.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough • Kentucky Lantern kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
Childhood trauma to prison: How trauma fuels the vicious cycle | Public News Service app.publicnewsservice.org/story/childh...
Public News Service | News in the Public Interest
Public News Service (PNS) is a member-supported news service that advocates journalism in the public interest. PNS's network of state-based news services distribute high quality public interest news…
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November 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Childhood trauma to prison: How trauma fuels the vicious cycle | Public News Service app.publicnewsservice.org/story/childh...
Mamdani is building a universal child care team, but faces daunting financial and logistical challenges - POLITICO www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Mamdani is building a universal child care team, but faces daunting financial and logistical challenges
The mayor-elect has tapped government veterans as he looks to implement the $6 billion initiative.
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November 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Mamdani is building a universal child care team, but faces daunting financial and logistical challenges - POLITICO www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
The CDC revives debunked ‘link’ between childhood vaccines and autism : Shots - Health News : NPR www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Under RFK Jr.,, the CDC rewrote its vaccine safety page to spread misinformation and doubt about vaccines. This will harm children.
Under RFK Jr.,, the CDC rewrote its vaccine safety page to spread misinformation and doubt about vaccines. This will harm children.
The CDC revives debunked 'link' between childhood vaccines and autism
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webpage that previously stated "Vaccines do not cause autism" has been changed to cast doubt on the scientific research that supports the finding.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The CDC revives debunked ‘link’ between childhood vaccines and autism : Shots - Health News : NPR www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Under RFK Jr.,, the CDC rewrote its vaccine safety page to spread misinformation and doubt about vaccines. This will harm children.
Under RFK Jr.,, the CDC rewrote its vaccine safety page to spread misinformation and doubt about vaccines. This will harm children.
Recent Actions by the Trump Administration Target Children with Disabilities firstfocus.org/update/recent-… by Chad Bolt and Lily Klam
Recent Actions by the Trump Administration Target Children with Disabilities
Proposed rules, reductions in force, threaten roughly 100,000 children who rely on Supplemental Security Income, plus others in need of support and
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November 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Recent Actions by the Trump Administration Target Children with Disabilities firstfocus.org/update/recent-… by Chad Bolt and Lily Klam
What the America First Global Health Strategy Means for the World’s Children leilanimatallah.substack.com/p/what-the-a...
What the America First Global Health Strategy Means for the World’s Children
World-class programs that once safeguarded vulnerable children have been dismantled, and future support is alarmingly limited and uncertain.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
What the America First Global Health Strategy Means for the World’s Children leilanimatallah.substack.com/p/what-the-a...
How Trump officials have transformed the EPA to weaken enforcement - The Washington Post
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November 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
How Trump officials have transformed the EPA to weaken enforcement - The Washington Post
1 in 4 AZ kids relies on SNAP. State's dismal childhood poverty record leading to a perfect storm www.kjzz.org/the-show/202...
1 in 4 AZ kids relies on SNAP. State's dismal childhood poverty record leading to a perfect storm
As the federal shutdown drags on, SNAP food benefits recipients remain in limbo. A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to release contingency funds to pay the benefits, but the president…
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November 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
1 in 4 AZ kids relies on SNAP. State's dismal childhood poverty record leading to a perfect storm www.kjzz.org/the-show/202...
‘This perfect storm:’ How Idaho Medicaid cuts could affect everyone’s health care access | Local | idahostatejournal.com www.idahostatejournal.com/news/local/t...
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POCATELLO — Idaho State built on the momentum from last week’s road win over a nationally ranked opponent to capture its second straight victory, a 27-17 win over Cal Poly inside the ICCU Dome.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
‘This perfect storm:’ How Idaho Medicaid cuts could affect everyone’s health care access | Local | idahostatejournal.com www.idahostatejournal.com/news/local/t...
The Medicaid Program That Saved Money, Turned People’s Health Around — and Got Killed - POLITICO www.politico.com/news/magazin...
The Medicaid Program That Saved Money, Turned People’s Health Around — and Got Killed
The end of the Healthy Opportunities Pilot in North Carolina is a story of how MAHA might actually be realized — or not — at the state level.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The Medicaid Program That Saved Money, Turned People’s Health Around — and Got Killed - POLITICO www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Baby beaten and burned to death with hot liquid by parents - US News - News - Daily Express US www.the-express.com/news/us-news...
Newborn baby beaten and burned to death with hot liquid by laughing parents
In a heart-wrenching case from Virginia, a young couple faces prison time over abuse that led to the tragic death of their newborn daughter.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Baby beaten and burned to death with hot liquid by parents - US News - News - Daily Express US www.the-express.com/news/us-news...
The impact of losing SNAP benefits and a Head Start school closure on this grandmother : NPR www.npr.org/2025/11/08/n...
The impact of losing SNAP benefits and a Head Start school closure on this grandmother
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Nicole Hines of Davenport, Iowa, about how the loss of SNAP benefits and the closure of a Head Start school that her granddaughter attended are affecting her life.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The impact of losing SNAP benefits and a Head Start school closure on this grandmother : NPR www.npr.org/2025/11/08/n...
Remembering when @realDonaldTrump @POTUS @WhiteHouse promised tariffs revenues for CHILD CARE. (1)
November 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Remembering when @realDonaldTrump @POTUS @WhiteHouse promised tariffs revenues for CHILD CARE. (1)
Study: Louisiana’s child poverty rate increase leads US thecurrentla.com/2025/study-l...
Study: Louisiana’s child poverty rate increase leads US
The report comes out as Louisiana — along with other states — has announced it will not provide Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits in November.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Study: Louisiana’s child poverty rate increase leads US thecurrentla.com/2025/study-l...
The Trump Admin must release the SNAP contingency fund today so that 16 million kids do not start going hungry tomorrow.
It’s that simple.
It’s that simple.
November 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The Trump Admin must release the SNAP contingency fund today so that 16 million kids do not start going hungry tomorrow.
It’s that simple.
It’s that simple.
Money Matters: The Nation’s Retreat from Kids brucelesley.substack.com/p/money-matt...
First Focus on Children released our annual report yesterday, Children's Budget 2025. The findings show a 30+% decline in the share of federal funding to children from 2021 to Trump's FY 2026 budget proposal.
First Focus on Children released our annual report yesterday, Children's Budget 2025. The findings show a 30+% decline in the share of federal funding to children from 2021 to Trump's FY 2026 budget proposal.
Money Matters: The Nation’s Retreat from Kids
Federal spending on children has dropped to historic lows, but the steepest cuts are ahead.
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October 31, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Money Matters: The Nation’s Retreat from Kids brucelesley.substack.com/p/money-matt...
First Focus on Children released our annual report yesterday, Children's Budget 2025. The findings show a 30+% decline in the share of federal funding to children from 2021 to Trump's FY 2026 budget proposal.
First Focus on Children released our annual report yesterday, Children's Budget 2025. The findings show a 30+% decline in the share of federal funding to children from 2021 to Trump's FY 2026 budget proposal.
Fear and Harm as Policy: How the Feds Are Traumatizing Children brucelesley.substack.com/p/fear-and-h...
Fear and Harm as Policy: How the Feds Are Traumatizing Children
Noem's Department of Homeland Security is not targeting the "worst of the worst" as she claims: her agency is increasingly targeting the children of immigrants.
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October 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Fear and Harm as Policy: How the Feds Are Traumatizing Children brucelesley.substack.com/p/fear-and-h...