Health Care

May 30, 2019

As Alabama was passing its total abortion ban, a friend posted a CNN clip that I didn’t watch in which a guest or the anchor seemed to imply that a fetus was akin to an organ in a woman’s body that she might choose do with as she pleases. My friend posed the following question with this post: “Will...

Mimi Chapman

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Family Economic Security Health Care Maternal Justice Paid Family Leave

May 24, 2019

VICTORY IN NC! State employees of any North Carolina department, agency, board or commission under the oversight of the Governor can access up to eight weeks of paid parental leave after giving birth or four weeks of paid parental leave after a partner gives birth or to bond with and care for a...

Anita Sarah Jackson

Families & The Federal Budget Health Care Maternal Justice Politics & Policy

May 24, 2019

We're back with this week's list of top #5Actions from the past week, featuring hot items around defending a woman's right to choose, demanding justice for Eric Garner, Delrawn Small and Tamir Rice, and speaking up for child nutrition programs and pregnant workers. Your voice is urgently needed;...

Karen Showalter

Health Care

May 24, 2019

My mother was diagnosed with a mental illness years after arriving in the United States from Sri Lanka. Some of the doctors she saw believe her illness began as postpartum (maternal) depression that was unrecognized and undiagnosed years earlier. Since her diagnosis 30 years ago, my father and I...

Isha Weerasinghe

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Family Economic Security Health Care MomsRising

May 21, 2019

Most women who have abortions are already moms . Being able to manage how many children we have and when we have them has been nothing short of revolutionary — not just for women and mothers , but for our country as a whole. It has helped to narrow the gender pay gap, improved the health of women...

Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Immigration Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

May 20, 2019

The Coalition on Human Needs just released another edition of the Human Needs Report. Read on for the latest on Congress's spending work, disaster aid on the horizon, a victory for LGBTQ Americans, attacks on immigrants, the poor, and workers, and more.

Lecia Imbery

Health Care Maternal Justice MomsRising Podcast

May 20, 2019

On the #BreakingThrough radio show this week we cover the attack on women’s bodily autonomy and what you can do to protect your rights. We talk about what’s happening in Washington DC that’s hopeful and not-so-hopeful, including conversations around impeachment. We’ll also discuss the good news...

Amber Dorsey

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Health Care

May 17, 2019

At the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum, we believe in the right to health . Health is a human right and as the primary means of accessing and financing care in the U.S., health coverage must be available to all persons residing in the country, regardless of their race, ethnicity...

Kathy Ko Chin

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Health Care Politics & Policy

May 17, 2019

Latino families face big health inequities, but policies and practices are emerging to create more affordable housing, reliable public transit, and better access to culturally relevant green spaces to improve health equity.

Rosalie Aguilar

Childcare & Early Education Health Care

May 17, 2019

GOOD NEWS (AND ACTION!): Happy Birthday Head Start! Instead of balloons and cake to celebrate though, we thought it would be more fitting to help guarantee that millions of children and families continue to benefit from the educational and developmental bright start and the pathway to economic...

Anita Sarah Jackson