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The federal minimum wage is now a poverty wage

Advancing equal pay, paid family and medical leave, paid sick days, breastfeeding rights, and other workplace justice policies from the local to federal levels.

The absolute worst part of becoming a new mother two years ago was trying to deal with my time off from work -- supporting myself and my family financially and guaranteeing that I would have a job to return to. I work for the University of Texas which is considered to have good benefits including "...Read more
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Family Economic Security MomsRising Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

On Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Women’s Equal Pay Day: Demand Congress and the Trump administration end the attack.

08/28/25
Pop Quiz: How many additional months in a year do Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) women have to work to earn what white, non-Hispanic men make in one year? If you said 8 months, you’re sadly correct. It’s unfair, yet true: NHPI women make just 65 cents on the dollar compared to white...
MomsRising Education Fund
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Diarra Diouf
Breastfeeding

Celebrating National Breastfeeding Month - Forward Together

08/01/25
This August, we Celebrate National Breastfeeding Month: Forward Together Breastfeeding is about more than nutrition. It is about equity, dignity, and the right to be supported. We celebrate National Breastfeeding Month by lifting up the realities families face and demanding the policies they...
MomsRising Education Fund
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Tina Sherman
Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Realistic & Fair Wages

It's time to close the Wage Gap for Black Women.

07/10/25
Today is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day. Join in on the action by calling on Congress and the Trump Administration to pass policies that close the wage gap! Right now, Black women are the fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs in the U.S. and are among the most educated groups! ( Yet we are largely...
MomsRising Education Fund
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Diarra Diouf
Health Care Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

Today we stand with women with disabilities demanding fair pay.

10/23/25
Some disabilities are visible. Others are not. Disability is diverse. It includes mobility, physical, sensory, and developmental differences, as well as chronic illness, mental health conditions, and neurodivergence. But whether visible or invisible, women with disabilities are working, parenting,...
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Diarra Diouf
Family Economic Security Health Care Open Flexible Work Parenting & Families Podcast Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages Social & Emotional Development

Downright Dangerous Misinformation about Tylenol and Autism, Parents and Teacher Unite, Workplace Protections, Victory for Pregnant Workers

09/29/25
On the radio show this week we dive into the downright dangerous misinformation the President is spreading about Tylenol and autism, and the many ways his administration is undermining public health. We hear about how cuts to the Department of Education are impacting our classrooms, and how parents...
MomsRising Together
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Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Immigration MomsRising Paid Family Leave Parenting & Families Podcast Politics & Policy Reproductive Justice

Direct from Netroots Nation in New Orleans with Rising National Leaders

08/11/25
This week the show comes to you directly from Netroots Nation in New Orleans where rising and visionary leaders come together to help build a better world. *Special Guests include: Shaunna Thomas, co-founder of Ultraviolet, @ultraviolet , @ultraviolet.bsky.social‬ ; and Angel Padilla, National...
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It's been 16 years since the federal minimum wage was increased

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/50390/?source=action">It's been 16 years since the federal minimum wage was increased</a>

A full time wage of $7.25 an hour meets slightly less than three-quarters of the income that's needed for a two-person household to stay out of poverty.

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The federal minimum wage is now a poverty wage

Join the Fight: End Pay Inequality on Black Women’s Equal Pay Day

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/49305/?source=action">Join the Fight: End Pay Inequality on Black Women’s Equal Pay Day</a>

Today is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day. Join in on the action by calling on Congress and the Trump Administration to pass policies that close the wage gap!

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Today is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day. Here’s what we are demanding to the Trump administration and Congress:

Support ALL Breastfeeding & Working Moms

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/16928/?source=action">Support ALL Breastfeeding & Working Moms</a>

Breastfeeding mothers continue to face barriers in the workplace. Together we can bring women out of bathroom stalls and into the pumping rooms they deserve!

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Urge Lawmakers to Support ALL Breastfeeding & Working Moms

Take Action on Latina Equal Pay Day!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/27165/?source=action">Take Action on Latina Equal Pay Day!</a>

Let the Senate know that women and families should not have to choose between a paycheck and a healthy pregnancy. They need to pass the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act!

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Take Action on Latina Equal Pay Day!