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Childcare & Early Education Politics & Policy

Tell Trump Administration: DO NOT use taxpayer dollars for hateful discrimination!

December 12, 2019
Add your name! We're sending a letter to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, urging them to reject a Trump Administration proposal to legalize anti-LGBTQ and other discrimination.
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Sara Alcid
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Health Care Maternal Justice

Maternal Health and Abortion Restrictions: How Lack of Access to Quality Care Is Harming Black Women

December 11, 2019
What do rising maternal mortality rates and restrictive abortion laws have in common, women of color are disproportionately impacted. The National Partnership for Women & Families and In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Justice Agenda examine the connections in a new issue brief.
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National Partnership for Women & Families
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Families & The Federal Budget

SIGN To Tell Congress: “Repeal the #TrumpTaxScam!

December 10, 2019
After two years, the evidence is in. President Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (aka the Trump Tax Scam) has made things much worse by exacerbating income and wealth inequality with the vast majority of the tax cuts going to the richest 1% and big corporations. ***SIGN OUR LETTER calling on the U.S...
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Elyssa Koidin Schmier
Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care

States Can Boost WIC, Improve Outcomes for Low-Income Women, Young Children

December 9, 2019
State policymakers can do more to ensure that low-income women and young children participate in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Just over half of those eligible currently participate, despite WIC’s well-documented role in improving birth, diet,...
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Zoe Neuberger
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Your Signature Needed on the Week's Top 5 Actions! 12/6/2019

December 9, 2019
It's the last month of the year, and of the decade. Wow. While time may go quickly, our movement to demand an economy that works for women and families will have lasting, enduring impact. And it's built by the individual actions of fired-up people like you. Please scroll down for our latest list of...
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Karen Showalter
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Families & The Federal Budget Immigration

QUICK ACTION NEEDED to support immigrant families!

December 9, 2019
We want our tax dollars to go to programs that boost our families, not the incarceration of immigrant children and families! Send a letter to your local newspaper NOW speaking out against the funding of Trump's cruel immigration policies!
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Elyssa Koidin Schmier
Immigration

¿Qué es lo Nuevo en Carga Pública?

December 7, 2019
¿Qué está pasando? El mes pasado, los tribunales de distrito bloquearon la regla de la administración Trump que intentaba negar las tarjetas verdes (o green cards) a los inmigrantes que no cumplen con las pruebas de ingresos o utilizan los programas públicos. Esta victoria para los inmigrantes...
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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

Tax time is a big deal.

December 6, 2019
[This is a guest blog post by Aaron Carrillo, a RESULTS advocate in Lawrence, Kansas.] Some kids look forward to their birthdays, or holidays. When I was young, my brother and I looked forward to tax time. It meant we could finally buy a second pair of shoes, or pants that fit. My mom would worry...
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Deborah Lash