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06/23/14

Ever have someone tell you they've got "sugar" when you asked how they are doing? It's an old Southern term that means he/she is sick, stricken with a form of diabetes, and in most cases, type 2. Type 2 diabetes is a debilitating, life altering, deadly and preventable disease. For decades, it was...

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Monifa Bandele

Immigration

06/23/14

While I was thinking about writing you this note, I remembered that when my daughter was a little girl she'd run to the door to hug me when I came home from work. Her smiles lit up the room as she'd chant, "Yay, mommy's home, mommy's home!" She never doubted I'd return home at the end of the day...

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Mary Olivella

Family Economic Security MomsRising Near You Open Flexible Work Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy

06/21/14

My mom was sitting across from me at the kitchen table, coloring a kite for me to take the 837 miles from my home in Florida to Washington, DC.

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Meredith Tweed

Family Economic Security

06/19/14

The California Assembly is considering a raise in the minimum wage from $8/hour to $13/hour by 2017. We need California families to speak up for hard-working moms and dads!

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Elyssa Schmier

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Open Flexible Work Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days

06/19/14

Today, too many working Americans are falling further and further behind. Thanks to decades of failed policies, there just aren’t enough good jobs with good pay or access to quality, affordable child care and health care services for enough of America’s workers. How can we begin to fix this? It’s a...

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Courtney-Rose Dantus

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Food!

06/18/14

Parents have spoken. Nationwide 78 percent of parents think that healthier food in schools will increase academic performance and 90 percent of Americans want K-12 schools to play a role in reducing obesity in their community. The USDA heard and implemented USDA nutritional standards for school...

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Migdalia Rivera

Family Economic Security

06/18/14

Next week, people from all over the country will convene in Washington, D.C.—and many more will log in to participate virtually—at a White House Summit on Working Families. Under the banner of “creating a 21st century workplace that works for all Americans,” we’ll hear from businesses, economists,...

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Liz Shuler

Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave

06/18/14

When I found out I was expecting the best thing ever (my baby boy!) I had just turned 23 years old. I had finally moved out on my own with my husband and been employed with my company going on two years. Unfortunately, my joy was short lived and I was rapidly overwhelmed with worries about money...

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Stephanie Montanez

Politics & Policy

06/17/14

When my wife and I became parents, nearly five years ago, we had to talk over many things that most parents will never have to think about.

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Rev. Eliza Buchakjian-Tweedy

Food!

06/16/14

170931288.jpg My son and I are researching and applying for high school scholarships. As part of the process, we've toured New York City private schools. It’s an amazing experience. They have small classes, huge libraries and gyms, and cafeterias, full of healthy options, that rival those of any...

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Migdalia Rivera