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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Trump Is Tearing Down the Kennedy Legacy
If you set out to embarrass a Kennedy, you could hardly script a better run than the one Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has endured as a member of the Trump Administration, as its Secretary of Health and Human Services.
What I am referring to is th...
After Cornell: Protecting Survivors of Sexual Assault at Every Age
A Case That Shook the Country
The nation is rightly outraged by what a young woman says happened to her inside a Cornell University fraternity house in October 2024. In a 101-page civil complaint filed September 16, the former student...
Scotland Has a Child Poverty Target. Why Doesn't America?
Something remarkable happened in Scottish politics this week.
Michael Marra, the newly elected leader of the Scottish Labour Party, used his first speech in the Scottish Parliament as party leader to challenge the Scottish National Party...
Congress Once Had a Dedicated Voice for Children and Families. It’s Long Past Time to Bring It Back.
Every year, Congress devotes dedicated resources and sustained attention to veterans, to older Americans, to Native Americans, to small businesses, and to other constituencies with committee resources and staff whose whole job is to focus o...
When 2.3 Million Children Disappear from Medicaid, Ask Why
We should all be able to agree that every child in America should have health insurance. Not most children. Not only children whose parents can navigate a renewal notice, hold a job that offers affordable dependent coverage, or live in a st...
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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.
Child care policy expert, author, and writer of The Family Frontier substack.
Senior Vice President of Health Policy @firstfocusonchildren
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