The imminent vote on health reform is going to be incredibly close. We’ve got to pump up the volume to help make sure it passes. That’s right: It’s time to make sure our voices are heard once again by Congress that healthcare reform is critically important to our nation’s families in order to counter corporate [...]
It turns out that making noise at the US Capitol in support of healthcare is a lot more fun when you bring your little ones to help. On Monday, a group of DC-area MomsRising members, their kids and I headed to the Capitol to speak up for healthcare reform. We were behind the [...]
Any mom or dad who’s ever had a kid in diapers knows that if you catch a whiff of something bad, ignoring the smell isn’t going to make that mess go away. And so it also goes for our broken healthcare system.
What stinks? Health insurance rate hikes of up to 39 percent are now happening [...]
Tomorrow’s bipartisan meeting on health reform is “like the ‘last exit for gas’ sign on the interstate” for the fate of healthcare reform.[1]
That’s why we are joining with other organizations today for an in-person and virtual online march on Congress telling them to get down to business and pass real healthcare reform. Help get one [...]
All families are not created equal. At least not in this recession.
A recent study shows that rates of unemployment among the lowest income families are 30.8 percent, while the highest income families have an unemployment rate of only 3.2 percent.[1] For our most vulnerable families, these unemployment rates rival those during the Great Depression.
And adding [...]
Is there a mom out there who doesn’t multi-task? I, for one, can often be found in the kitchen washing the dishes, answering questions about math homework, and participating in a conference call. So, it really gets my goat when members of Congress say things like, “We need to focus on jobs and the economy [...]
According to recent reports, women are increasingly the primary or sole family breadwinner due to the recession [1]. With women still earning only 78 cents on the dollar to their male counterparts [2], you gotta wonder: How are we supposed to win enough bread for our families, when we’re not getting the dough?
Urge your Senators [...]
If my kids wanted to quit something after their first setback, I’d say, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” So what’s with Congress? One unexpected election result in Massachusetts, a state that already has universal healthcare, is all it takes for some in Congress to throw up their hands and say we [...]
This morning, I was looking glumly down at the extra 5 pounds on my scale thinking… Diet? Exercise? And then it came to me. No! This January, America’s families need to throw our weight around and that extra 5 pounds is going to come in handy!
Right now, each Congressional Representative is compiling a list of [...]
Thanks for standing up for Sophie and all the other children in need of healthcare reform. Over the weekend, a number of last minute improvements on children’s health coverage were made to the Senate health bill because of the amazing efforts of MomsRising members and other great advocates for children.
But we’re not there yet.
Another vote [...]
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