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09/20/08

Our work to bring paid sick days to Washington DC is just getting started! So far, our 4,880 members in the Washington, DC area sent in over 3400 letters to the DC City Council. We've teamed up with the DC Paid Sick and Safe Days Coalition, led by the DC Employment Justice Center, to get the word...

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Katie Bethell

09/18/08

On Tuesday morning, the California Legislature approved a budget for fiscal year 2008-09 that reverses years of progress in covering children by including provisions that will result in nearly 300,000 children being dropped from health coverage – increasing the number of uninsured children in California by almost 40 percent.

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Jenny Kattlove

09/17/08

Moms are in the news in a big way this election! With the nomination of Gov. Palin for Vice President, moms are quickly becoming the nation's favorite political football. Let's remind everyone that we're more than footballs, we're voters--and we're voting for our children too. With elections this close, every single vote counts.

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

09/17/08

When we try to fit together the pieces of the puzzle we call our work and family lives, often there’s a piece missing, another ripped in half, or one whose place we simply cannot find.

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Nanette Fondas

09/10/08

Today we launch our documentary, Engage Her: Getting minority women to lead and vote and our new online organization, www.engageher.org to the national media, ethnic media and to our partners & organizations. With over 30+ million minority women in the U.S. who are eligible to vote, we can make a big and profound impact on our November elections.

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Mable Yee

09/09/08

How many of you have put away money for your child's college fund – but have put off saving for retirement? Maybe you are contemplating going back to work and wondering how you can make up for the time you spent out of the workforce in your retirement savings.

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Melanie Ross-Levin

09/09/08

Today's New York Times has a front-page article discussing Sarah Palin's combination of political career and motherhood, describing how she regularly carried her son Trig in a sling to hearing

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Carla Moquin

Families & The Federal Budget Paid Sick Days

09/09/08

We're making great progress in the fight for paid sick days in Connecticut. Join our efforts today to ensure paid sick days for all becomes a reality in Connecticut. Why bring paid sick days to Connecticut? • Roughly 44% of working people in Connecticut don't get a single paid sick day all year...

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Katie Bethell

09/05/08

Did you see that?! A mom on center stage at the Republican convention accepting the Vice Presidential nomination and holding a baby.

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

09/03/08

This afternoon, the Power of ONEsie will be unleashed on the Republican Convention in St. Paul. Along with dozens of MomsRising members, we'll unpack the two suitcases that carry this powerful display, we'll don our beautiful sashes, and we'll make hand-drawn signs calling on politicians, pundits, and the media to wake up to the realities of American families today.

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Katie Bethell