As New Year’s Eve countdowns wound down, many people turned to the familiar ritual of taking stock of where they are now to make resolutions for what they can do better in the New Year. We all measure our accomplishments…
Author Archive for Marian Wright Edelman, NNPA columnist
Dear God: when will it stop?
by Marian Wright Edelman, NNPA columnist •
The horrendous news from Newtown, Conn. has pierced our hearts. A black-clad man in his 20s armed with two semi-automatic handguns, entered the Sandy Hook Elementary School and made an elementary school for kindergartners through fourth graders the scene of…
Determined to make a difference
by Marian Wright Edelman, NNPA columnist •
This year New York is facing the worst homeless crisis since the Great Depression. The city homeless population included a record-breaking 42,888 children. The many ways poverty scars a child today and long into the future are well documented. Children…