On Friday, February 13, 2009, Congressman Bobby Scott (D-VA-03) and Congressman Mike Castle (R-DE-AL) re-introduced the Youth Prison Reduction through Opportunity Mentoring, Intervention, Support a...

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At President Obama's press conference on March 24th, in response to a question regarding a new report finding that 1 in 50 U.S. children go homeless each year, the President said "I'm heartbroken ...

Started by Horizons for Homeless Children

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Senator Jim Webb of Virginia has proposed a National Commission to study the American Criminal Justice System and correct its flaws. As originally proposed the Commission  membership did ...

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Be Counted and be a part of the Guinness World Record. Join millions of others in calling on world leaders to honor their commitments to end extreme poverty by 2015 and achieve the Millennium Devel...

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Contemplate the reality of the situation, you do not know it. You do not know what that person has been through or why they are in that position, rather than jump to the conclusion of judging them ...

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Over the holiday season, food banks across across the United States reported shortages of food donations for hungry families. As the winter months continue, let us fight with the kind and generous ...

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When the institutions were closed, both the mentally ill and the general public were promised that the institutions would be replaced with a functioning system of accessible Public Mental Health cl...

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 http://GiveVaccines.org is a  website which donates funds for life-saving vaccines to impoverished children. People can challenge their vocabulary skills playing a game wh...

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We must place a greater priority on financial resources for the poorest of the poor. The failure of government to ensure all families and individuals have sufficient income to meet their basic need...

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A bill allowing states to use cell-phone jamming technology, S.251, passed the U.S. Senate on Oct. 5 and will now be considered in the House. Another bill, S.1749, adds cell phones to the list of c...

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