child poverty

Governor Brownback , like a wolf in sheep's clothing, speaks about goals such as reducing childhood poverty while passing laws that actually deepen poverty throughout the state.

What young women need (beyond the obvious need for greater access to low cost birth control and improved sex education in schools) is a boost to their self-esteem, mentors, and to be told that they possess greatness within themselves beyond what can be obtained by any man, babies, money, drugs or alcohol. They sure don't need the condescending and biased advice of Sam Brownback and the Heritage Foundation.

New Census data released this month show a "breathtaking" rise in poverty among African-American children in the nation's capital.  Three out of 10 children in the District of Columbia were living in poverty last year, according to the Washington Post. 

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