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01/08/14

Fusion , a venture between Univisión and ABC News, conducted an investigation and found that U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) has detained at least 13 pregnant women in one detention facility in Texas. Fusion also published a statement by ICE acknowledging that one of the women "in fact...

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Elisa Batista

Family Economic Security Families & The Federal Budget

01/08/14

As the Senate continues to debate an extension of unemployment benefits, we continue to hear from families dealing with joblessness. We have added two more stories to our collection from moms Elizabeth and Wendy. Elizabeth's (from Chicago, IL) story: My story is like most others: decades of working...

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Elyssa Schmier

01/08/14

“I delivered my only child, Hannah, eight years ago in Laurel, Md., shackled to a bed, chained like an animal, in a vulnerable position, exposed to all, without family, only prison guards by my side,” Rebecca Swope told the House Judiciary Committee in Maryland in February 2013. Swope is part of a...

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Rachel Roth

Families & The Federal Budget

01/07/14

Never, did I ever believe, that one day, I would be unemployed at no fault of my own. I’ve always been known as a dedicated, hardworking employee, motivated to get the job done, with a keen eye to detail. I don’t mean to toot my own horn, but former employers have always raved about me! It’s true,...

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Tasha Taylor

Paid Sick Days

01/07/14

Something amazing is happening across the country. People are coming together across cities, states and even at the national level to stand up for a basic workplace protection – the right to earn paid sick time. Across the country people are taking a stand. They’re saying that when someone is sick...

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Charlie Rose

Family Economic Security Families & The Federal Budget

01/07/14

This morning the Senate took the first step to extend unemployment insurance to the 1.3 million people who lost benefits last month. The bill still awaits a final vote and then an uphill battle in the House of Representatives. Still there are millions of people struggling to make ends meet after...

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Elyssa Schmier

01/07/14

In the past 24 hours I've come across three items in two major newspapers that are totally unrelated, but in light of each other, suggest to me that women's status in the US may be sliding back faster than it is moving forward. Maybe you'll agree? The first is an column by Dana Milbank, a political...

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Valerie Young

Families & The Federal Budget

01/07/14

Outrage and frustration. That’s what we feel today knowing that Congress left Washington, D.C. for their holiday break without extending the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) benefits program and now those benefits have been cut off completely for 1.3 million people . *Write your members of...

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Elyssa Schmier

Family Economic Security Families & The Federal Budget

01/07/14

On December 28th, 2013 1.3 million unemployed people lost their Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) benefits because Congress failed to extend this important program before adjourning for their winter vacation . The unemployment rate for women remains high at 6.2% . Below you will find the...

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Elyssa Schmier

Podcast

01/06/14

This show is all about the new year and new year's resolutions. We cover what we're resolving to do in the new year, both personally and politically; as well as the victories we're celebrating from 2013. *Special guests include: Lisa Maatz, American Association of University Women (AAUW); Ai-jen...

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