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WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton reflected on her devastating defeat on Wednesday evening, acknowledging the difficulty of her loss for her supporters and urging them to persevere through the Donald Trump era. In remarks that were equal parts pep talk and funeral dirge, Clinton encouraged her backers to “never, ever give up.” “I know this […]

  Marian Wright Edelman has made her mark on history in a variety of ways as an advocate for the rights of children and families. Edelman founded the Children’s Defense Fund in the early ’70’s, and still remains passionate about her mission to this day. Edelman was born in Bennettsville, S.C. on June 6, 1939. […]

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A new survey from The School Superintendents Association and the Children’s Defense Fund takes a look at how school district leaders feel about school discipline…

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Roland Martin talks with Marian Wright Edelman, president of the Children’s Defense Fund about what steps need to be taken to keep black males off the “prison track” and in the classrooms.