From the frontlines of child advocacy, Kids Can't Wait covers the policies, politics, and power struggles that shape children's lives — making the case for putting kids first in the U.S. and around the world.
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If You Care About Children, We Are Your Advocates
As a nation, we should strive to improve the lives and well-being of our nation’s children. Our laws and policies should reflect that priority, but far too often, they do not. The consequence is that the uninsured, poverty, hunger, and home...
A Child’s Citizenship Does Not Depend on a Parent’s Paperwork
Breaking News Update:
After I published my newsletter yesterday, a federal judge issued a temporary injunction against the most recent Trump Executive Order on birthright citizenship later that afternoon. However, the Administration will...
The Hidden Congressional Clawback
In 2003, I was working in the U.S. Senate when the Medicare prescription drug bill was passed into law. Although my boss, Sen. Jeff Bingaman from New Mexico, strongly supporting giving senior citizens enrolled in Medicare a prescription dru...
When ‘Parental Rights’ Means Letting a Child Die
In a new investigative report, ProPublica has identified at least 15 babies and children in Idaho who died between 2015 and 2025 from conditions doctors say were treatable, such as pneumonia, sepsis, a correctable birth complication, an unt...
A Medicare Buy-In Might Make Sense for Some, but Just Not Kids
Every public policy initiative should have to answer one question: “Is it good for children?” Not “does it help some people, and presumably, kids too.”
In the case of health care policy, children are not little adults, and they often have...
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Bruce is President of First Focus on Children and First Focus Campaign for Children and is co-host of the Speaking of Kids podcast. As a child advocate, he is dedicated to improving the lives and well-being of children.
I write about politics, strategy, and democracy — from the ground game to the big picture. Insights, analysis, and the occasional rant from a political junkie at American University.
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