Children Need a Healthy Texas
By Iliana Flores-Dumond Texas has the highest rate of uninsured children in the country. Health serves as the basis for children to learn, play, [...]
Read MoreBy Iliana Flores-Dumond Texas has the highest rate of uninsured children in the country. Health serves as the basis for children to learn, play, [...]
Read MoreBy Iliana Flores-Dumond Anyone who has been to Austin, Texas is likely familiar with the Capitol building. We’ve all seen the perfectly kept grounds, [...]
Read MoreBy Carolina Escobar On April 13, 2023, the Biden Administration announced their plan to expand health care coverage to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals [...]
Read MoreBy Iliana Flores-DuMond Libraries and magic are practically synonymous. Libraries, like no place else, serve as places of transformation, discovery, and empowerment. Children around [...]
Read MoreBy Iliana Flores-DuMond We all want Texas students to be independent thinkers who are engaged in their communities. But how can we expect young [...]
Read MoreWhat Is The Risk? When the pandemic began, the federal government required every state to keep people enrolled in Medicaid even if they were [...]
Read MoreThis December is Universal Human Rights Awareness Month. All across the world people are fighting for fundamental human rights like equality based on gender, [...]
Read MoreHello, I'm Rachel Myles, the new Youth Organizing Associate with the Children’s Defense Fund of Texas. I'm looking forward to meeting and working with [...]
Read MoreBy Hiba Faruqi On October 5, 2022, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling on Texas v. United States DACA, upholding the [...]
Read MoreThe Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) is currently undergoing a review of the standards for social studies curriculum in response to the passage of [...]
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