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Archive for the 'Children 911' Category

01 Jul

Are we two kinds of people? — One Part

Several months ago, Topsoil Columnist Andrew Padula submitted a piece triggered by TI’s gun insanity. It was a good post, but in it Andrew made the observation that increasingly, there were two kinds of people in America. Beyond black and white or brown, there were those who were striving, adhering to the law and doing [...]

18 Apr

America’s Children 911: Save ‘Reading is Fundamental’

Congress is poised to take 16 million books out of the hands of 4.6 million poor children. We must stop them from doing that.
For the past two years I have had the privilege of giving out new books to some of the poorest children in the most blighted communities in Los Angeles at Christmastime. [...]

11 Apr

America’s Children 911: Parents fight over which gang toddler must join

Read it and weep:
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — A couple fighting about which gang their 4-year-old toddler should join caused a public disturbance that resulted in the father’s arrest, Commerce City police said Thursday.