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05/29/20

We are grieving that George Floyd was killed by four police officers earlier this week. A father and a son, George worked security at a restaurant, where fellow employees say he was loved by all. "Knowing my brother is to love my brother," George's brother Philonise told CNN earlier this week...

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Families & The Federal Budget Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days

05/28/20

It would be great if President Trump could snap his figures and end the COVID-19 health and economic crisis on July 31st, but so far, his magical thinking doesn’t seem to be doing the trick. Arbitrary dates are exactly that: arbitrary. And some of the improvements Congress passed to Unemployment...

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Elyssa Schmier

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05/28/20

Self-care has been dismissed as selfish, or worse, a capitalistic trend, by some who believe that community care is the only route to health. Others use self-care as a reason to post solo yoga selfies on their social media accounts. And while each camp may be on to something, I position community...

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Charmaine Lang

Health Care

05/28/20

Forced into medical bankruptcy by her husband's medical bills in 2009, the author says that the COVID-19 pandemic creates an opening to finally pass single-payer healthcare.

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Claire Yurdin

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Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave

05/22/20

The MomsRising community amplified the voices and concerns of mothers, sharing stories of child care and paid leave, and justice for the mother, friends and family of Ahmaud Arbery. VOICES: MomsRising Member Kelly Newman Shares Her #PaidLeave Story in The New York Times Screen Shot 2020-05-22 at 2...

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Kerri Karvetski

Tell the Senate: Tax cuts for working families, not millionaires!

Families & The Federal Budget Health Care MomsVote

05/22/20

Greetings. We hope your week has gone as well as possible, and you'll have some time to relax and recharge this weekend. We're sharing our latest list of top actions from the past week, featuring important items on taxes, healthcare, and SNAP. You can also sign up to mail postcards encouraging moms...

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Karen Showalter

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MomsVote

05/21/20

So many things feel uncertain right now, but one thing that feels very certain is the urgent need for everyone to vote in 2020. You, me, and all of our neighbors, near and far. Here’s the great news: MomsRising has a super easy, high-impact, and FREE way for YOU to help get out the vote while...

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Sara Alcid

Health Care

05/20/20

"My sister developed cervical cancer in 2007. She went months without telling anyone or getting it checked out because she and her husband had no health insurance. By the time she sought treatment, when her husband realized what was going on, it was rather large and she required extensive radiation 5 days per week for 6 weeks.

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Felicia Burnett

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security

05/18/20

With unemployment numbers reaching levels we haven’t seen since the Great Depression and lines for food banks wrapping around the block, it doesn’t seem like it’s too much to ask that funding for COVID-19 relief be targeted at those most in need, not the super wealthy. But the GOP always has a way...

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Elyssa Schmier

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Families & The Federal Budget Food!

05/17/20

At MomsRising we are hearing from families every day wondering how they are going to put food on the table: “I am a mother of two and I am expecting my third. My oldest child is nine and she receives free breakfast and lunch at school. Our family lives from paycheck to paycheck and therefore...

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Elyssa Schmier