Bar chart titled "More Educators Had a Bachelor's Degree in 2024 than 2019." It compares the highest education level among infant-toddler ECE workforce in 2019 and 2024. Categories: "High school degree or lower," "CDA or state certificate," "Some college," "Associate degree," "Bachelor’s degree or higher." Blue bars represent 2019 data, yellow bars represent 2024 data. The 2024 bar for "Bachelor’s degree or higher" is higher at 24% compared to 16% in 2019. Source: Urban Institute.

Insights into the infant and #toddler ECE workforce highlight how demographic, credential, and wage shifts have impacts, finding that the #workforce has experienced notable changes in its composition over the last five years.

Explore the findings in this Urban fact sheet. https://urbn.is/4thtryY

1/The Justice Department has moved to drop the last remaining January 6 insurrection criminal matters: the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys seditious conspiracy cases. Trump commuted their sentences when he returned to office, which got them out of prison, but it didn’t erase their convictions.

HuffPost: RFK Jr. rejected the findings of a recent Danish study that found no link between autism and Tylenol use during pregnancy.

Isn't it great a guy who snorted cocaine off of public toilet seats get to decide what causes Autism?
#ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed #VoteOutRepublicans

Mayor Mamdani and President Obama read a picture book to a group of children.

Mayor Mamdani and President Obama chat and laugh with a group of children.

Mayor Mamdani and President Obama chat and laugh.

Children hug Mayor Mamdani.

Today, President Barack Obama and I read to a group of toddlers at Learning Through Play Pre-K Center in the South Bronx. 

In between singing wheels on the bus, we discussed our administration’s vision for this City — one where New York’s Cutest have the strongest start possible.

Amid quarrel with pope, Trump strips Miami charity of funding to house migrant kids The move comes amid rising tensions between the administration and American Catholics.

The Trump Admin has abruptly canceled an $11M contract with Catholic Charities to shelter and care for migrant children who enter the U.S. alone, ending a relationship between the Catholic Church and the U.S. government dating back to the first arrivals of Cuban exiles in South Florida.

Trump re-ups push to eliminate low-income heating assistance program LIHEAP President Trump is once again proposing to eliminate a program that helps low-income people heat and cool their homes. The president’s budget, released Friday, states that the Low Income Home Energ…

Heating and cooling your home isn’t a luxury. For millions of families, the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program is the difference between keeping the lights on and choosing between energy bills and groceries.

Trump is trying to cut it for the SIXTH time.

Omaha Is Home to a Massive Superfund Site. Most Kids Living There Aren’t Tested for Lead. For more than a century, a smelter and other factories spewed 400 million pounds of lead dust across the city’s east side. Faced with similar concerns, 13 states passed laws requiring all kids to get a blood test before kindergarten. But not Nebraska.

NEW: For more than a century, a smelter and other factories spewed 400 million pounds of lead dust across Omaha’s east side.

Faced with similar concerns, 13 states passed laws requiring all kids to get a blood test before kindergarten. But not Nebraska.

The Trump Administration’s Changes to the Child Care and Development Fund Would Strip Families of Thousands of Dollars in Potential Child Care Savings Removing a 7 percent cap on child care copayments would put much-needed relief from rising child care costs out of reach for families in 10 states.

The Trump administration’s decision to rescind commonsense policies that cap the cost of child care at a reasonable income threshold would deprive families of thousands of dollars in potential savings and worsen the child care affordability crisis. https://ampr.gs/4clP61U

Little known medical information: if you live in an outbreak area, you can have your baby vaccinated against measles at 6 months. The vaccine has been proven safe for 6-month-olds.

Babies too young for MMR vaccine become ‘sitting ducks’ in measles outbreaks Babies too young to be vaccinated are among the most vulnerable in a measles outbreak and depend entirely on herd immunity.

Babies too young to be vaccinated are among the most vulnerable in a measles outbreak and depend entirely on herd immunity, where at least 95% of a community must be vaccinated to prevent measles outbreaks.
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Peter said, "Why don't you have a seat at the piano?" James started playing. I found the key. And just like that ...something magical began. Grateful for the friendships and music that have lasted a lifetime.

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#peterashereverywhereman #musicdocumentary #musichistory

“'I’ve never experienced anything like this in my entire life,' the congresswoman said, fighting back tears.

"She described the way people were laying down inside as “like sardines.”

“'It is frightening in there,' she said. 'It is disgusting'..."

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In an age of creeping relativism, a universal moral law still exists.

Threatening to end an entire civilization of 90 million people in order to bend a nation’s conduct to your will is grossly morally wrong. It is evil. And we should say this loudly.

3-year-old suffered sexual abuse during months in immigration custody, family alleges An immigrant family is grappling with the ordeal suffered by a 3-year-old girl who endured alleged sexual abuse while her father fought for five months for her release from federal custody.

"To have your child abused while in the government's care, to not understand what has happened or how to protect them, to not even be told about the abuse, it is unimaginable," said an attorney representing the girl. https://to.pbs.org/3PV4hr9

Liam Conejo Ramos constantly worries about being detained by ICE again, his parents say: "My boy is very different" Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old whose detention by ICE sparked global outrage, constantly worries about being detained again, his parents told CBS News in an exclusive interview.

Liam Conejo Ramos' father says his son now regularly sees a psychologist.

Liam's mother, Erika Ramos, said he's been exhibiting signs of psychological trauma, including hypervigilance and isolation.

A deadly bacterial disease is returning, doctors warn, as vaccination rates fall Hib once killed 1,000 children a year, permanently disabling many more. Doctors who've never seen the disease say the comeback is changing the way they practice medicine.

“The last night I was a pediatric resident, a child came in with Hib and promptly died by the next day. I didn’t work for 50 years to have everything destroyed by one man.”

-Dr. Kathryn Edwards, Vanderbilt University

This is what RFK Jr. and the anti-vaxxers have wrought.

A Pound of Ground Beef Now Costs More Than the Federal Minimum Wage The typical American consumes nearly 60 pounds of beef each year. Widely available and easy to prepare, ground beef serves as a grocery mainstay for many families — which means skyrocketing prices mat...

#StayReadyCrew

Sadly…this is a damn good political slogan.

It’s sad that we’re here. These prices are not sustainable and buying on sale is going to be key.

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early educators are leading fight against ICE from social media to detention centers to their programs every single day with love and empathy and righteous anger at injustice.

CBP: Border wall will go through National Butterfly Center U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirmed to Border Report on Tuesday that they have awarded a contract to build 34 miles of border wall through the Rio Grande Valley from Rio Grande City to Wes…

"U.S. Customs& Border Protection have awarded a contract to build 34 miles of border wall through the Rio Grande Valley, including the National Butterfly Center, and other areas that previously had been exempted by Congress..." www.valleycentral.com/border-repor...

BREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service The headquarters is going to Utah. Every regional office is being shuttered. The research program is being destroyed.

the trump administration is selling this country wholesale to rapacious, extractive industries that will destroy our collective resources for private profit morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/breaking-t...

Fantastic news.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES, Plaintiff, Civil Case No. 25-4316 (RJL) V. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION March 3l → 2026 [Dkt. #51] The President of the United States is the steward of the White House for future generations of First Families. He is not, however, the owner! President Trump ("the President") claims that Congress has given him authority in existing statutes to construct his East Wing ballroom project and to do it with private funds. The plaintiff, the National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States ("National Trust", claims the President has no such authority under existing statutes and that a preliminary injunction is necessary to avoid irreparable harm. I have concluded that the National Trust is likely to succeed on the merits because no statute comes close to giving the President the authority he claims to have. As such, I must therefore GRANT the National Trust's Motion for a Preliminary Injunction, and the ballroom construction project must stop until Congress authorizes its completion.

BREAKING: Judge Leon finds Trump likely lacks the authority to build the ballroom, blocks Trump admin from building unless Congress actually gives that authority.

"[N]o statute comes close to giving the President the authority he claims to have."

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8 Million People at Risk of Losing Medicaid Under Work Mandate The requirements 'put vulnerable people at serious risk,' says researcher

8M Medicaid Enrollees Risk Coverage Loss Under Work Mandate, Study Finds www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...

Two-year-old Kaleth is being locked away at the Dilley trailer prison. He is getting sicker with each passing day. He will not eat the food CoreCivc serves, which detainees have said sometimes has mold and worms. He now has a fever.

Madonna, Pedro Pascal, and Others Call for Dilley to Close A coalition of artists including Madonna, Pedro Pascal, Keke Palmer, and Ms. Rachel, as well as physicians and policy experts, have published an open letter demanding the immediate closure of the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas.

A coalition of artists including Madonna, Pedro Pascal, Keke Palmer, and Ms. Rachel, as well as physicians and policy experts, have published an open letter demanding the immediate closure of the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas.

Members of Jan. 6 mob sue police who fended off Capitol attack Jan. 6 defendants are hopeful that the administration will look favorably on their claims.

So not only did the MAGA thugs who tried to overthrow the government all get pardons, they're going to get payoffs with taxpayer money when the Trump administration generously settles this class action lawsuit

www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

An infographic from the Center for American Progress uses a diagonal split-screen design to compare military and social spending, featuring a stylized black-and-white map of Iran and a missile in flight against a light gray background on the top-left, and a solid muted purple section on the bottom-right. Bold text on the left states that by March 26, 2026, the Trump administration will likely have spent $25 billion on the war in Iran, while the right side counters that this same amount could cover a year of child care for 1,780,000 children. The organization's logo appears in the bottom corner, citing a 2026 CAP report as the primary source.

We've already spent over $25 billion on Trump's war in Iran. That money could have provided child care to 1.8 million children for a year.

"Kids cry often and don’t get enough sleep, in part because lights are on around the clock, she said."

This is torture.

BLM Announces Plan to Fell Oregon's Last Great Forests One billion board feet per year... 30 days to make your voice heard.

Only MAGA allowed

‘Dark, like our future’: Iranians describe scenes of catastrophe after Tehran’s oil depots bombed Residents report terror of smoke-filled city, from potentially toxic rain, air and water to food scarcity and difficulty of escape * Middle East crisis – live updates * Iran threatens to attack oil facilties across Gulf after Israeli strikes Thick black smoke was still rising in the sky, soot covered the streets and cars, balconies filled with black gunk, and the toxic air had filled the lungs as Tehran woke up after a night of airstrikes on the city’s oil depots on Sunday. In messages and voice notes sent to the Guardian, people described the situation in their homes and on the streets, some calling it “apocalyptic”. With the sun blotted out, disoriented people in Iran’s capital had to turn on their lights to see through the gloom. Continue reading...

‘Dark, like our future’: Iranians describe scenes of catastrophe after Tehran’s oil depots bombed