WASHINGTON – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Friday announced that students eligible for free and reduced price school meals must not be charged junk fees along with the cost of a meal served through the School Breakfast Program and National School Lunch Program. This policy, effective school year 2027-2028, will lower costs for families with income […]
“Israel is committing unprecedented massacres in northern Gaza, and the international community cannot remain silent!” The opponents of a “genocide unfolding in real time” in Gaza are spoke out again this weekend, demanding that the world finally intervene to stop the horror of mass civilian death, starvation, and forced displacement being imposed by Israel. Tens of thousands of […]
“It’s really urgent that we address our federal standards and raise them for children across the country,” a co-author said. A number of mostly Republican-controlled states have weakened child labor protections in recent years and a second Trump administration would likely escalate the deregulatory push, as per plans laid out in Project 2025, according to […]
“Every day without a cease-fire, it gets harder to help children piece together the shattered shards of their lives,” said a Save the Children official. “For thousands of children, it’s already too late.” The global humanitarian group Save the Children said Thursday that roughly 30% of the kids killed by Israeli forces in Gaza since last October were under […]