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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

11/28/17

The Senate tax cut bill is the biggest tax scam in history. Read why and what you can do to stop it.

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Lecia Imbery

MomsRising Near You

11/28/17

As the sun sets on Giving Tuesday, I'm sitting here with pecan pie leftovers and an overwhelming feeling of gratitude for MomsRising members. Your stories on what keeps you going, why you #keepmarching, show the unstoppable grit and grace of a movement powered by women and moms. Here's a small...

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Anita Sarah Jackson

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Health Care

11/27/17

We hope you enjoyed time with family and friends this holiday week. Being around those we love helps us recharge — and reminds us who we're fighting for: our kids, friends, family, neighbors and communities. This holiday in particular stands out as a cutting reminder of how much work we still need...

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Karen Showalter

Family Economic Security Health Care

11/27/17

The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which insures almost nine million children nationwide, expired on September 30th. Congress continues to delay in reauthorizing this historically bipartisan legislation. Do you have lingering questions about CHIP? Are you unsure about why it should be...

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Isabella Higgins

Maternal Justice MomsRising

11/27/17

Guests: Texas Jail Project , Forward Together, Echoing Ida, Sisters Diaspora for Liberation, Essie Justice Group

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Tasmiha Khan

Maternal Justice

11/27/17

Guests: Color of Change

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Tasmiha Khan

Health Care

11/27/17

Too often, policy, tax and budget debates are framed in terms of winners and losers at the program, department, budget line, and income group or business level. For our families this is not wonky abstraction, it is real life, woven into every part of our days. Families raising children who have...

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Rylin Rodgers

MomsRising

11/24/17

I’m writing this sitting on the couch, still slightly stuffed after a small and quiet Thursday dinner that involved no turkey, lobster mac and cheese, brussel sprouts and an oversized pumpkin pie among other goodies. The office is quiet and I just can’t help it, I had to get online and write...

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Sili Recio

Families & The Federal Budget Social & Emotional Development

11/22/17

On this Thanksgiving, I share again the beautiful prayer of great Black theologian Howard Thurman, A Litany of Thanksgiving, which my family reads together each year. Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on the values we embrace – especially this year as we feel so threatened by the negative forces of...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Health Care

11/22/17

The holidays will soon be upon us — and with them, for many of us, the frantic holiday shopping season. Fortunately, shopping for health insurance doesn’t have to be difficult or time-consuming. November 1st marked the beginning of 2018 open enrollment for coverage offered under the Affordable Care...

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