Health Care

Trump Budget Update!

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Health Care Immigration Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

March 21, 2019

President Trump released his FY2020 budget last week and no surprises here— he slashed funding for programs that boost our families and kids in order to pay for his wasteful wall and tax cuts to the 1% and Wall Street. I’ll be blunt: President Trump seems to have forgotten that people like you and...

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Elyssa Schmier

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Immigration Politics & Policy

March 19, 2019

The Coalition on Human Needs just released another edition of the Human Needs Report. Read on for a detailed analysis of President Trump’s FY20 budget request, plus the latest on the loss of food aid for millions, the Trump emergency declaration, a new bill to protect Dreamers, and more.

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Lecia Imbery

Health Care MomsRising Politics & Policy Podcast

March 18, 2019

We have a brand new radio show this week were we talk with newly elected Superstar U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley and get her advice on activism. We'll get more details on what’s happening inside the beltway with the FAMILY Act and Trump, and then we'll hear about some incredible wins relating...

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Amber Dorsey

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Families & The Federal Budget Health Care Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy Podcast

February 19, 2019

We have a brand new radio show this week in which we cover how to help stop the fake national emergency; why (and how) we need to address the childcare and Pre-K crisis in our nation; how you can help one fair wage move forward so tipped workers aren’t stuck earning only $2.13 per hour; and we'll...

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Health Care Maternal Justice Social & Emotional Development

February 5, 2019

Pregnancy-related mortality and morbidity rates are on the rise in this country. Each year, 700 to 900 women die from pregnancy or childbirth-related causes in the U.S., and approximately 65,000 experience serious complications. For Black women, the statistics are even worse. Regardless of...

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Alexis Anderson

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Gun Safety Health Care Maternal Justice MomsRising MomsVote Politics & Policy

February 4, 2019

We’re coming together to protect all families during the #SOTU on Tuesday & we need your voice! Join us (@MomsRising) for the #StateofOURUnion and pledge to UNITE against hate, misogyny, sexual violence, racism, and all forms of discrimination. We’re not going to let Trump be the only voice...

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Amber Dorsey

Health Care

February 1, 2019

Across the nation and here in North Carolina, health care is consistently at the top of the list when it comes to issues voters care about. Regardless of political party, religion, or race/ethnicity, our families have a common desire to lead healthy lives, which starts with quality health insurance...

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Felicia Burnett

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Health Care

February 1, 2019

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Felicia Burnett

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care

January 24, 2019

Many workers in the U.S. are one missing paycheck away from financial hardship or worse. A recent survey conducted by GoBankingRates found that 58 percent of Americans have $1,000 or less in savings. And as the Trump Shutdown enters Day 28, more evidence is emerging that a number of the 800,000...

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David Elliot

Gun Safety Health Care

December 30, 2018

MATERNAL JUSTICE Kira Johnson, pictured above with her husband and son, needlessly lost her life to medical neglect after childbirth. After years of advocacy — powered by YOUR generosity — the MomsRising community and partners finally got Congress to treat maternal mortality as the national...

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