The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention recently posted a list of the 2010 awards, covering the formula grants, discretionary grants, and earmarks. Some of you may recall the controversy surrounding grant awards during the last administration, and this public posting is a welcome step toward increasing the transparency of how federal juvenile justice funds are distributed. The list includes the earmarks that came to Wisconsin
Separating Families: Child Abuse, Trauma, and the Lack of Basic Humanity
When I was asked yesterday how I wanted to spend my Father’s Day, I realized that as a parent I needed to spend some of that day speaking out about the child abuse being perpetrated by our nation’s leaders by separating children from their parents at our southern border.