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[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A screenshot of a girl in tears, on the news because her parents have been taken in an ICE raid.]

08/09/19

Hearing 11-year-old Magdalena Gomez Gregorio begging - BEGGING - for her parents after a raid in Mississippi, where over six hundred people were detained by ICE, is beyond devastating. As a mother, I think of my 11-year-old...I just can’t. We should be ashamed. This would be immoral and wrong on...

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Beth Messersmith

Social & Emotional Development

08/08/19

Earlier this year thousands of MomsRising members celebrated a major victory when then Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam granted clemency to Cyntoia Brown, a sex trafficking victim sentenced to life in prison at only 16 years old.[ 1 ] Cyntoia feared for her life. She defended her life.[ 2 ] She was...

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Beatriz Beckford

Social & Emotional Development

08/08/19

Prison's and Jails are NO place for a kid. Still, the United States still incarcerates more young people than any other country. On any given day the U.S. incarcerates nearly 60,000 youth under age 18 in jails and prisons. Even worse is that approximately 250,000 youth are tried, sentenced or...

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Beatriz Beckford

Health Care MomsRising Politics & Policy Podcast

08/07/19

This week on a brand new episode of Breaking Through we are joined by another awesome panel of guests as we cover what’s happening with democracy in this country, the democratic debates and dancing. We’ll also hear about a powerful campaign to raise the minimum wage that’s gaining ground. There’s a...

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Amber Dorsey

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Three women sit at a dark wooden table in Congress.]

Childcare & Early Education

08/07/19

My name is Danielle Henry. I’m a MomsRising volunteer, a mother of two, a wife, and a former full-time employee. I’m here to discuss the fiscal impact of childcare costs on my family and my community.

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Danielle Henry

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A graphic that reads: "President Trump Attacks Baltimore: Trying to Make Things Worse"]

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

08/07/19

Residents of the city of Baltimore have endured days of racist tweets from President Trump attacking their popular congressman, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), and their city, which Trump called a “rodent-infested mess” where “no human being would want to live.” There has been a lot of comment about...

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David Elliot

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Gun Safety

08/05/19

It’s a gut punch. An unimaginable horror. More than 80 people were killed or injured in two brutal mass shootings over the weekend. Too many lives have been ended or forever altered. Too many mothers, fathers, sons, and daughters are mourning. There have been more mass shootings in our country than...

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[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A photograph of a tealight candle with a bright flame. The text underneath reads "Tell Congress: No civilians should have access to assault weapons and high capacity magazines!"]

Gun Safety

08/04/19

"The brutal mass shootings in Dayton last night and in El Paso yesterday morning were two more heart shattering, preventable tragedies. Too many lives have been ended or forever altered. Too many mothers, fathers, sons, and daughters are mourning. There have been more mass shootings in our country...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

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Health Care

08/02/19

Now more than ever—reproductive rights are under attack across the country. There have been 400 needless abortion restrictions enacted since 2011 across the country, which is why Congress must act to stop these dangerous attacks. Currently, a bill in Congress called the Women’s Health Protection...

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Felicia Burnett

Childcare & Early Education Social & Emotional Development

08/02/19

Before baby, you were a Facebooking, Instagramming, texting fool, sharing everything from your perfect pasta dish to your hella-good manicure. Now, looking at your little bundle of joy, you may be wondering: What's OK to share, and what's TMI? What are the easiest tech tools for preserving those...

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