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Sara Alcid
Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security

Join us in Olympia for a joyful mini-rally for the whole family! Wednesday, Feb. 18th at 12pm

February 12, 2026
We’re planning some fun, joyful action outside the Washington State Capitol Building in the name of protecting child care and early learning from unfair budget cuts – and we hope you can join us! Wednesday, February 18th at 12pm - 1:30pm
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Sara Alcid
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Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Parenting & Families Politics & Policy

Tell Congress: Restore and Protect Federal Child Care Funding for Families

February 9, 2026
The Trump administration has abruptly frozen over $10 billion in federal child care and family assistance funding across five states — California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, and New York. MomsRising is calling on Congress to demand that HHS immediately restore these funds and protect the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of families.
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S. Nadia Hussain
Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security

Tell Congress to Demand HHS Restore & Protect Child Care Funding NOW

January 12, 2026
URGENT: While families are still struggling with rising costs across the board, the Trump administration has disastrously halted funding to 5 “blue” states, ripping child care, planned cash assistance, and threatening the ability of families to go to work, to survive, and to thrive. Tell your...
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Lauren Hipp
Family Economic Security

The One Big Ugly Bill

December 15, 2025
Last summer, Congress passed the One Big Beautiful Bill. It’s certainly big but it’s truly ugly. The centerpiece of the bill was $4.5 trillion in tax cuts that flowed to the richest Americans, offset by about $1 trillion in cuts to priority programs that allow people to build good lives, like...
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Kathryn Edwards
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Breaking Through - The Care Economy & Affordability, Saving IDEA, Vaccine Disinformation, Preventing a Health Care Crisis

December 15, 2025
On the radio show this week, we dive into the economic benefits of investing in the care economy —including child care, paid family & medical leave, and aging & disability care — and how these policies boost productivity, reduce stress, and make life more affordable. We hear about the need...
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Breaking Through - Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, Protecting Democracy, Special Education, and Planned Parenthood

December 8, 2025
On the radio show this week, we dive into Trumpflation and this administration's devastating immigration policies with U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal. We also hear about protecting democracy under the lawlessness of the White House. Then we cover the role of the U.S. Department of Education in...
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Nurses are Professional Angels: How Student Aid Changes May Exacerbate the Healthcare Crisis

November 22, 2025
World Prematurity Day was this week. Also this week? This administration’s U.S. Department of Education proposed a rule change that would deem nurses, health care providers, and early intervention providers as no longer professionals. The proposed rule drastically decreases the student aid a...
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Jean Montgomery
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Join the Fight: End Pay Inequality on Native Women’s Equal Pay Day

November 19, 2025
The shutdown may have ended, but the impact it made on families is still very real. While leaders may claim business-as-casual, we know better. We know who felt the ripple effects the most: Caregivers, essential workers, moms, and women. Specifically, Native American women, who have carried the...
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Diarra Diouf
Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! MomsRising Podcast Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

Breaking Through: The Epstein Files, Election Results, SNAP Under Attack, National Caregivers Month

November 17, 2025
On the radio show this week we dive into the ongoing fight over the release of the Epstein files, their political implications, and the push for survivor justice. We also hear about the historic results and inspiring turnout from the recent November 2025 elections, particularly the transformative...
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