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Breaking Through: Ending Gun Violence, Black Maternal Health, Paid Family & Medical Leave and Glamour, and Child Care For All.

April 22, 2024
On the radio show this week we discuss the steps our nation must take to end the epidemic of gun violence in America; we cover Black Maternal Health Week and how you can take action to advance maternal health equity; we dive into paid family & medical leave and Glamour (!!); and we hear about...
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Top Actions of the Past Week: Friday, May 3, 2024

May 3, 2024
Speak up for the immigrants who died building the Baltimore Key Bridge! There is no clearer indicator than the horrific Baltimore Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, from earlier this year, to highlight the blood and sweat immigrants are giving every day to this country. Meanwhile, some of our...
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Maternal Justice

On World Maternal Mental Health Day We Demand Our Reproductive Freedoms

May 1, 2024
My son was barely three months old, and I was in the midst of feeling depressed, when I thought I was once again pregnant. My feelings of depression were now mixed with near panic at the thought of possibly being pregnant again. Although I had never had an abortion in my life I knew that if I was...
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Childcare & Early Education

Child Care is a Mess: Is anyone listening to moms?

April 30, 2024
A few weeks ago, my nail artist came back to work from maternity leave. I was so excited to have my nails done for the first time in months but that excitement was drained away when she told me her child care problem. Shanna, my nail artist who prefers not to use her last name, asked me if I had...
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A Love Letter to Our Volunteers

April 26, 2024
Dear MomsRising Volunteer, It’s National Volunteer Week, and MomsRising is appreciating – raising a glass to, applauding, sending huge waves of love to – YOU! Thank you for being a member of our amazing, powerful, and inspiring community of more than a million moms and caregivers who make...
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Health Care

Quick signature: Tell Congress to close the Medicaid gap!

April 15, 2024
Everyone—regardless of race, class, or zip code—deserves to have health care coverage. Everyone. Yet, there are still 10 states that have refused to expand Medicaid to low-income adults under the Affordable Care Act, leaving 1.6 million people in a Medicaid “gap” and uninsured. Quick signature:...
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