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Posted January 26th, 2012 by Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
It was beautiful to see Representative Gabrielle Giffords–the Congresswoman who’s been making a remarkable recovery after being shot in the head last year in Arizona–standing to receive an embrace from the President at his State of the Union address last night. While Representative Giffords has come such a long way from where she was a year [...]
Posted January 5th, 2012 by Claire Moshenberg
If there was a Hall of Fame for road trip games, Mad Libs would be number one. A word nerd from the get-go, I loved these books of swiss-cheesed sentences, blank spaces waiting to be filled with the comedic stylings of my easily amused backseat gang (“The Hippo ate a copy machine and walked into a punch bowl.” Can you believe it?! Hilarious!). Vintage kids games are [...]
Posted December 2nd, 2011 by Monifa Bandele
Moms and dads are working hard to make this a joyous holiday season and year. Every cent counts when it comes to the basics, like putting food on the table and buying winter clothes and shoes for growing kids. Unfortunately, our budgets are possibly about to get even tighter. Ouch! If Congress doesn’t extend the [...]
Posted November 23rd, 2011 by Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
I asked my daughter, “What’s your favorite thing about Thanksgiving?” She answered in one exuberant word, “Eating!” While many celebrate by eating together on Thanksgiving, far too many children in our nation (nearly 1 in 4) live in families who are struggling to put food on the table because of poverty.[1] And for them, this Thanksgiving will be [...]
Posted November 2nd, 2011 by Miriam Feffer
Turned to your favorite news source lately? You’ve surely noticed that as another election season gathers steam, the so-called “civil” servants jockeying to represent us spend their time trying to pummel each other with barbs and bile. The conversation never seems to turn to vital issues like the safety of the air we breathe or [...]
Posted October 26th, 2011 by Nancy Dorsner
(This blog is a part of the MomsRising Early Learning Halloween Campaign. Budget numbers are flying around like bats on Halloween night right now–and we need to make sure Congress understands how important early childhood education is in their budgets. Visit our Congressional-Halloween-Costume-Creation-Station and create a card complete with a costume of your choice; then send your unique [...]
Posted October 26th, 2011 by Sarah Francis
Congress is getting a little scary this Halloween season. In the budget debate, key programs for families, like affordable child care and preschool are on the chopping block. We’ve had enough with tricks! We’ve decided to make sure the voices of families are heard in the halls of Congress by spreading a little Halloween treat. [...]
Posted October 18th, 2011 by Jared Solomon
The recent release of the new census data should serve as a stark reminder to the 12 members of the Congressional “Super Committee” that our nation’s children are in crisis. Overall, the data revealed that the number of children living in poverty has risen to a record 16 million. That’s greater than the combined population [...]
Posted October 12th, 2011 by Senator Dianne Feinstein
Chalk up a win for moms around the country. After years of battle, the chemical industry has reversed its longstanding position against restrictions on the controversial chemical bisphenol A, known as BPA, and asked the Food and Drug Administration to revise regulations on the use of the chemical in baby bottles and sippy cups. It [...]
Posted October 12th, 2011 by Laila Brenner
If you peruse the latest list of Fortune 500 CEOs, it’s easy to notice what they have in common: there are almost no women among them. In fact, women lead only 12 of the FORTUNE 500 companies, down from 15 the previous year. Couple that with the fact that there are only 17 female Senators, [...]
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