RAV

August 5, 2015

Standing in the shade of the United States Capitol, I scanned those who had assembled from a broad coalition: MomsRising , National Women's Law Center , NARAL Pro-Choice America , URGE: Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equality . Most were young, energetic women. Some of them mothers who came with...

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Chett Pritchett

Family Economic Security

August 5, 2015

I was a working reporter when I first found myself become pregnant. Six weeks into my pregnancy, the space shuttle Endeavour made its last landing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The press lined up as early as 2AM to secure a spot in order to catch a nice footage. I was among them. When the space shuttle finally landed at 1pm, I have been stood there for 11 hours straight without even one bathroom break. I had heat stroke and was a little dehydrated; I thought I might lose my baby.

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To-wen Tseng

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Politics & Policy

July 24, 2015

Sandra Bland shouldn’t be dead. No mother should have to fear a loved one is harmed at the hands of those charged with protection. The pattern of racial profiling and police brutality in our nation must end. * Join us in calling for Attorney General Lynch to investigate the death of Sandra Bland...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

MomsVote Politics & Policy

July 3, 2015

I am 18 years old -- an age where the world seems to have decided that I should no longer be coddled under the domain of childhood. I feel as if I'm suffering from 'growing pains' now more than ever; last year at this time I was worrying about finding a date for prom, and now all of a sudden I...

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Serena Witherspoon

Politics & Policy

July 2, 2015

Over the weekend, an educator and activist named Bree Newsome scaled the 30ft flag pole at the South Carolina State Capitol Building and removed the confederate flag. MomsRising.org fully supports Bree’s actions and is joining the growing chorus of organizations to call for all charges against Ms...

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Monifa Bandele

Health Care

July 2, 2015

This past Sunday I joined other dozens of mothers for San Diego Day to Normalize Breastfeeding at Kellogg Park in beautiful La Jolla. Yes, it’s the day to “normalize” breastfeeding, not to “protect” breastfeeding. I used to believe that breastfeeding is something that needs to be protected, until a recent trip to Taiwan. I called the island home for 20 years, but I have not visited the “home” for a long time. I was surprised by what I saw during this trip.

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To-wen Tseng

Podcast

July 2, 2015

This show covers the horrible act of racist terrorism in Charleston, South Carolina and the Civil Rights Movement; tips for fighting racism; how to bake a great cake and build community at the same time; and victories with paid sick days, paid family leave, affordable healthcare coverage, and...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Family Economic Security Health Care Politics & Policy

June 28, 2015

I still cannot believe that I am married in 50 states. When my wife and I married, nearly nine years ago, we did so in the only place where it was legal. It was still a really big deal when the pastor said, "By the power vested in me by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts..." And today the echo of...

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Rev. Eliza Buchakjian-Tweedy

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Politics & Policy

June 23, 2015

We all know moms and educators like Sharonda Singleton-Coleman. At school she was running "cheek to cheek" with the students on her track team, pushing and motivating them to be the best they can be. At home she was being an amazing mother: raising teens, loving them, praying for them, smiling, and, (of course) hiding the TV remote so they didn’t have too much screen time. While this mother of three gave life and nurtured so many, her life was taken when she and eight others were gunned down in a vicious act of racial terrorism, the kind that has for too long been glorified by the iconography of the Confederate flag. It's time to take the confederate flags down. No child should lose their mother to racial terrorism. All families should be protected by our nation's promise of liberty and justice for all.

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Environmental Health Family Economic Security

June 19, 2015

National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum says bill protects nail salon workers from exploitation and “improves safety” in industry where lack of access to licensing has “driven down labor standards”

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