Family Economic Security

Family Economic Security Realistic & Fair Wages

May 18, 2016

MomsRising and our more than a million members are pleased to see the U.S. Department of Labor take important action to ensure that workers are fairly compensated for the hours they put in at work. For too long, too many workers have not been able to qualify for overtime, forcing many families to...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Politics & Policy

May 17, 2016

Hugs are nice. But hunger advocates such as Tianna Gaines-Turner want policy-makers and members of Congress to know that as nice as a hug is, it does not put food on the table, workers in good-paying jobs, or families in affordable, secure housing. On Monday, Gaines-Turner, who lives in...

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David Elliot

Family Economic Security MomsRising Politics & Policy

May 16, 2016

Ever since becoming a full time working mother, I cringe at how we have let corporate culture consume us. I wonder why we all do not rebel against it, take a stand, talk about it, dispel it and instead join forces to establish a corporate culture that focuses on productivity within the business...

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Jehanara Haider

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security

May 13, 2016

Recently I had an opportunity to share my family’s story with the talented writer, Judith Warner. Judith is a New York Times bestselling author who wrote the book Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety. A version of my family’s story is included in her recent report for the Center for...

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Sarah Sadowski

Family Economic Security Food! Health Care Open Flexible Work Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy

May 11, 2016

Hearing a woman’s voice come over the intercom before takeoff, “this is your captain speaking,” can be a moving experience, even today: She made it! She beat the odds! A stirring sense of admiration as you check that your seatbelt is indeed securely fastened for takeoff. But women who work in roles...

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Liz Morris

Family Economic Security MomsRising Politics & Policy

May 6, 2016

Inspiring. Last week, celebrities, advocates, and clemency recipients descended on Capitol Hill for a #JusticeReformNow briefing to talk about our country’s desperate need to end mass incarceration. We then met with lawmakers and staff to deliver MomsRising's petitions on Justice and Sentencing...

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Felicia Burnett

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Open Flexible Work Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

May 6, 2016

Flowers are purchased, cards are mailed and brunch reservations are made. Mother’s Day is here again. But what many moms really need for this holiday is something much different – and much more substantial. Just in time for Mother’s Day, the Department of Labor held an event yesterday to discuss...

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Lecia Imbery

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

May 6, 2016

As we celebrate mothers and grandmothers, foster mothers, and all those who step in to parent children in need, let’s pledge to take responsibility not only for our own children and grandchildren but for all children or at least for one child who may not be our own.

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Marian Wright Edelman

Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

May 4, 2016

After their sons were brutally murdered , Sybrina Fulton (mother of Trayvon Martin), Lesley McSpadden (mother of Michael Brown), and Samaria Rice (mother of Tamir Rice) became household names and national beacons of strength. They were not trained or professional activists. They were simply mothers...

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Ebony Slaughter-Johnson

Environmental Health Family Economic Security Health Care MomsRising

May 4, 2016

President Obama Wednesday visited Flint, Michigan to highlight the federal government’s response to the lead poisoning scandal and to renew calls for Congress to pass emergency assistance for the beleaguered city of 100,000. The presidential visit comes one day after the Coalition on Human Needs...

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David Elliot