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10/10/14

Do you need a good reason to vote on November 4th? How about the fact that 2/3 of minimum wage workers are women and they only earn $14,500/year!

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Elyssa Schmier

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

10/10/14

Weathering emergencies isn’t the only reason to allow workers to access a portion of the EITC they have earned prior to tax season. A shortfall of cash may prevent families from making beneficial investments in their own future. A required training course for a new job, a summer math camp for a talented child—these are small expenditures today that pay significant dividends tomorrow. But these opportunities for advancement are often no longer available come spring when a family finally receives its EITC.

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Alyssa Peterson

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

10/10/14

There is a clear connection between economic insecurity and anti-LGBT laws. Nineteen states lack almost any form of legal protections for LGBT people, and that has a real, tangible economic impact. When a gay or lesbian worker can be fired legally in 29 states; when a transgender person can be denied comprehensive health insurance in 42 states; or when a lesbian couple can be evicted in 29 states—the economic toll adds up.

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Alyssa Peterson

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Family Economic Security Gun Safety Paid Family Leave

10/10/14

Scandal , the show created by one of the few women writers and producers working on primetime TV, Shonda Rhimes, regularly has us buzzing with excitement on Thursday nights when it airs. And we are particularly excited right now because of how the new season is unfolding. Already, the Emmy-award...

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Gloria Pan

MomsVote

10/10/14

Google is making it easier for people to vote! If you search for "How do I vote" or "register to vote" or lots of other things you'll get localized, detailed information on how / where to vote, including (at least for Minnesota) information on how to check your registration status. Try googling "...

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Nate White

MomsVote

10/09/14

This is an important election year in North Carolina. In addition to a high profile US Senate race, North Carolinians will be voting on members of Congress, the entire NC General Assembly, members of the NC Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and District Courts as well as a number of local races. The...

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Beth Messersmith

Health Care

10/09/14

In the daily whir of parenting, of dinners that need to be cooked, laundry that needs to be folded, homework that needs to be checked, bills that need to be paid, it is easy to overlook the signs of bullying. Your child’s stomachache, his refusal to take the bus to school or lack of appetite due to...

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Elisa Batista

Politics & Policy

10/09/14

When we hear that a mother is on maternity leave, most of us smile and realize it’s a special time in that family’s life. But what HUD has found is that often banks hear something else—they hear something that in a steady stream of cases has led lenders to deny, stall or question the home mortgage loans for expecting families.

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Julián Castro, Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

Environmental Health

10/09/14

Halloween is a time for spooky fun – but with Halloween coming, CEH has found a scary product sold by Walgreens.

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Charles Margulis

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Family Economic Security

10/09/14

Did you know?: October 8th is Latina Equal Pay Day because Latinas have to work from January 1st of 2013 until October 8th of 2014 to earn what white men earned in 2013 alone. Outrageous!

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