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05/08/18

It's Election Day in NC, and we need all hands on deck! All across the state there are primary races for Congress, the NC General Assembly, sheriffs, school boards, county commissioners, clerks of court, and more. Sadly, turnout is often low in primaries in North Carolina, so your vote has the...

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Beth Messersmith

Families & The Federal Budget Politics & Policy

05/08/18

Out of the 181 programs tracked by the Coalition on Human Needs (CHN) that assist low-income people, 125 saw funding cuts from FY 2010 to FY 2018 after taking inflation into account. But it wasn’t just inflation eroding the value of the funding. New research by CHN found that more than 40 percent of the programs were cut by 15 percent or more, and nearly 30 percent of the programs were slashed by 25 percent or more. Only 56 programs, or less than one in three, actually received an increase in funding over this time.

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Lecia Imbery

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Food!

05/07/18

Amazon is about to release an Echo Dot smart speaker for kids. The company envisions the Alexa-powered device in children’s bedrooms, capturing their questions, requests for music and favorite stories. What could possibly go wrong?! While Amazon’s marketing touts kid-friendly features, it leaves...

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Karen Showalter

Food!

05/07/18

Do you remember the spring of 2011? The iPhone 4 was all the rage. Plenty of people were still figuring out what a Tweet was. We were learning from Beyoncé that girls run the world. Spring of 2011 was also when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) first proposed national menu labeling rules...

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Jennifer Ngandu

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Breastfeeding Food! Podcast

05/07/18

On the radio show this week we talk about the new book, #KeepMarching, that just was released; about the importance of fighting for domestic workers rights; about the winners of the Make The Breast Pump Not Suck Hackathon at MIT; and about the budget and tax debacle in Congress. Tune in! *Special...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Family Economic Security Gun Safety Immigration

05/05/18

It's May - a month of great things! First up: Kristin's new book Keep Marching has launched! The book is part guide, part inspiration to building the world we seek, and part call to action. See more on a special opportunity to share Keep Marching with a woman you love for Mother's Day, below. And...

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Karen Showalter

Maternal Justice

05/04/18

A Maternal Justice chat discussing black women's maternal health with healthcare providers and birth workers who are addressing the troubling disparities that cost lives. Troubling Disparities in Maternal Health Costs Lives #MaternalJustice

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Tasmiha Khan

Childcare & Early Education Social & Emotional Development

05/04/18

“The lynching tree interprets the cross. It keeps the cross out of the hands of those who are dominant. Nobody who is lynching anybody can understand the cross. That’s why it’s so important to place the cross and the lynching tree together, because the cross, or the crucifixion, was analogous to a...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food!

05/04/18

SNAP plays a critical role in addressing food insecurity, and the SNAP cuts proposed by the House will have a devastating impact. The risk is even greater for LGBTQ people who are not only 1.6 times more likely to experience food insecurity, but who are also particularly vulnerable to employment discrimination and new SNAP time limits and work requirements.

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Jen Herrick

Childcare & Early Education

05/03/18

Recently I spoke with Jen Dryer, https://jendryer.com , an educational consultant and parent advocate in Washington, D.C., who helps parents navigate the complex and emotionally challenging process of getting their children, who have or are suspected of having a developmental delay, the services...

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