Early childhood education is important. Children who know or recognize fewer than 1,000 words by age 3 are trailing when they start kindergarten. This story was written for the second print issue of Palacio Magazine in September 2015. Most of the issues discussed in the article are as relevant today as they were then. By…
“It’s been more than four months since a judge ordered the Trump administration to reunite all families that were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border, but 140 children are still separated from their parents in U.S. custody. It is believed that 30 children will never be reunited. Despite this, family separation is no longer in the…
“Hundreds of migrant children could be released from government custody as the Trump administration relaxes requirements for the adults sponsoring them. The shift was followed by an Associated Press report that some shelters house more than 1,000 children. Michelle Brane of the Women’s Refugee Commission joins Amna Nawaz to explain why the change is an…
Flashback; “Youth Speaks’ annual celebration of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. held on January 16, 2018 at the Nourse Theater in San Francisco, CA”. Watch more at http://www.youthspeaks.org/MLK
“In a historic vote, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution on Thursday calling for an end to U.S. military and financial support for the Saudi-led war on Yemen. This represents the first time in U.S. history the Senate has voted to withdraw military forces from an unauthorized war using the War Powers Resolution. The Saudi-led…
“A coalition of states with Democratic leadership is promising to appeal a Texas federal court ruling on Friday that aimed to invalidate the entire Affordable Care Act. The case was brought by a group of Republican state attorneys general and is expected to go to the U.S. Supreme Court. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Jeff Greenfield…
“Aaron was a three-term local politician who made access to mental healthcare a priority for his constituency, but then faced his own addiction crisis. Aaron describes how we can identify, talk about, and treat the more than 1 in 5 U.S. adults living with a mental health issue. As a three-term Lake County board chairman,…
By Antonio Ruiz There’s a great view of the Long Beach harbor from the Ocean Avenue offices of the Molina Foundation and Dr. Martha Molina Bernadett, its founder. But there seems to be little time to appreciate it. There’s too much to do. Like connecting the dots between Education and Health. “Well, the intersection of…
“Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin are orchestrating an unprecedented power grab to weaken incoming Democratic Governor Tony Evers before he takes office. In an extraordinary move that some are calling a “legislative coup,” Republican legislators worked throughout Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning to pass a sweeping package of lame-duck bills to give power to the…
“The congressional freshman class taking office in January is the largest in decades and the most diverse in history. As the start of the new term approaches, Judy Woodruff sits down with four incoming members of the House of Representatives: Denver Riggleman, R-Va., Lauren Underwood, D-Ill., Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich. and Mark Green, R-Tenn.–three of whom…