Feb 27, 2026
IT’S NOT ALL BAD NEWS Not all politics is conflict. For the first time in a REALLY LONG TIME, juvenile justice reform is progressing in Pennsylvania. Bipartisan Movement in Harrisburg State lawmakers from both sides of the aisle put aside partisan...
Feb 20, 2026
Parents and Students Deserve Guarantees in the SDP Facilities Plan A Statement by Children First In Philadelphia, providing a world class public education to every student is a daunting challenge due to decades of underfunding that starved our schools of...
Feb 13, 2026
WHERE YOUR TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING From our nation’s capital to small-town PA, taxpayers are footing a hefty bill for the chaos that ICE is creating. Starting tomorrow, the agencies within the Department of Homeland Security will either shut down or work...
Feb 6, 2026
MAKE THE NUMBERS LINE UP FOR KIDS In many ways, putting together a $53.2 billion state budget is like winning at Rubik’s cube – each twist toward matching patterns must be carefully planned or else you could get trapped in a losing game. Governor Shapiro...
Jan 30, 2026
When enforcing the law means locking up children, the law must be questioned. Liam Ramos’ elementary school principal started to cry when asked about how Liam’s arrest impacted other children. “His friends notice that he’s not here,”...
Jan 23, 2026
Government-Sanctioned Family Separation Goes Beyond Immigration Enforcement In these chaotic times when we are awash in videos documenting children used as bait in the ICE dragnet or swollen child detention centers filled with orphaned immigrant children, it’s...
