Teenage children too young to legally buy a pack of cigarettes are getting exposed to nicotine while they work on US tobacco farms. The US government and tobacco companies should protect everyone under 18 from hazardous work in tobacco farming
Read MoreAll but one of the world's nations have ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. All but the United States. It's time to change that. Read the Unicef overview of the CRC.
Read MoreChildren's Defense Fund report showing how the nation could reduce child poverty by 60 percent and lift 6.6 million children out of poverty.
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