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11/29/13

The holiday season has begun in earnest! Tinsel is all over the place. The menorah is being lit (especially early this year! ). And every other commercial on TV is advertising a special discount and deal. You have to buy presents for your loved ones, but while you are at it why don’t you help your...

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Elyssa Schmier

Families & The Federal Budget Health Care

11/28/13

This Thanksgiving, Congress should set aside dysfunction and the austerity mindset and give the American people a reason to be thankful: a federal spending and revenue plan that takes our best interests to heart. In calling for the release of top-line budget numbers prior to Thanksgiving recess,...

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Jo Comerford

Open Flexible Work Family Economic Security Realistic & Fair Wages

11/27/13

By Elizabeth Johnston and Liz Watson , National Women's Law Center Cross-posted from NWLC's blog For Walmart workers, this year Black Friday starts on Black Thursday, the day also known as Thanksgiving. Being open on Thanksgiving is actually nothing new for Walmart. What is new is that Black Friday...

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Liz Watson

Family Economic Security

11/27/13

Disturbed. That’s how I felt after seeing the latest holiday news coming out of some of our country’s biggest businesses. For example, ABC News reports McDonald’s is giving its employees holiday “financial tips” like, “Selling some of your unwanted possessions on eBay or Craigslist could bring in...

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Elyssa Schmier

MomsRising Near You

11/27/13

Last week, MomsRising launched our newest big idea, MomsRising Near You (MRNY) , and the response from MomsRising members has been fantastic! In fact, we received some amazingly perfect questions about the MRNY program – so good, that we wanted to share them with everyone who is interested in...

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Stefanie Brown

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget

11/26/13

If you think the federal budget stalemate means things are not changing in your community you are sadly mistaken. The standoff has slammed Head Start’s doors, and eliminated opportunities to prepare for school, in the faces of 750 potential preschoolers around Washington state. How? Last March, the...

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Paul Nyhan

Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Open Flexible Work Family Economic Security

11/26/13

A survey of recent University of Pennsylvania Wharton School graduates reveals that many young adults are planning to solve the work/family crunch by removing family from the equation. Only 42% of the undergraduate class of 2012 plans to have children, compared to 78% of the class of 1992,...

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Elizabeth Gedmark

Health Care

11/26/13

One thing's for sure, on Thursday dinner tables across America will be full of delicious food and good conversation with family and friends. Inevitably, the conversation is sure to touch on the hottest topics in politics and there is no topic hotter right now than the new healthcare law. Regardless...

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Felicia Burnett

Health Care

11/26/13

For me, the holiday season isn’t just a reminder of joyful tidings, but a reminder of how important healthcare really is to my family, and more specifically, my son Brandon. One holiday season when my children were young, what was supposed to be a time of cherished memories literally became a...

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Cindy Hutch

Politics & Policy

11/25/13

Native American, First People, Alaska Native, Tlingit. All of these words describe me, and none of them describe me. I am a tribal councilwoman, a mother, a daughter, a modern Native woman. I am a fighter, defender, and advocate for my people. As a Native woman, life for me is about balance just...

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