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March 27, 2015

Mothers in New York State are asking for our help. A group of families who have lost loved ones to police brutality, dating back to 1994, have come together to urge Governor Cuomo to appoint a special prosecutor for police brutality cases . Right now, through executive order, Governor Cuomo can...

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Monifa Bandele

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Politics & Policy

March 26, 2015

Mary first caught my eye as she strode down a busy thoroughfare in a flimsy hospital gown, with the sun glistening off (what looked like) her bare buttocks. "Uncovered” was the message on her sign. She and her friends, Seattle’s Raging Grannies , took to the streets that day, alongside thousands of...

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Roberta Riley

Family Economic Security Health Care Politics & Policy

March 25, 2015

Since its enactment, the Affordable Care Act has had tremendously positive implications for the health and economic security of women and families. Today, President Obama launched a new forum to help achieve the law's full promise.

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Debra L. Ness

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Politics & Policy

March 20, 2015

The House Budget Committee recently released its FY 2016 budget proposal . There were just too many Head Smackers in it to narrow it down to one, so we came up with eight. Below are slides highlighting the most Head Smacking parts of it. The Coalition on Human Needs' SAVE for All Campaign has four...

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Debbie Weinstein

Politics & Policy

March 13, 2015

Fifty years ago I traveled from Mississippi to Selma, Alabama on March 21st, 1965 to join Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and thousands of fellow citizens marching the 54 miles to the steps of the state’s capitol in Montgomery. Millions of Americans now know about this march thanks to the movie Selma and the recent 50th anniversary celebration.

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Marian Wright Edelman

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Politics & Policy

March 10, 2015

Last week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) decided not to bring Officer Darren Wilson to trial for racially profiling and killing Mike Brown, despite the findings of a separate investigation that Ferguson and St. Louis police routinely target, abuse, and unjustly persecute black and brown residents...

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Monifa Bandele

Environmental Health Food! Politics & Policy

March 10, 2015

McDonald’s announced a new policy to curb the overuse of antibiotics in raising the chickens that become their McNuggets and other chicken products. This is a big step towards saving antibiotics and protecting public health,

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Anya Vanecek

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Open Flexible Work Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy

March 8, 2015

Another year, another International Women's Day. But this year feels different. Suddenly gender equality in the United States is a front burner issue. In fact, women's economic empowerment is recognized as central to how we address both income inequality and economic sustainability. Gender issues...

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Megan Beyer

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Health Care Immigration Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

March 6, 2015

Take action and tell Congress our families, children, and communities need more investments and less waste in the FY2016 budget.

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Debbie Weinstein

Politics & Policy

March 5, 2015

I hope I can be forgiven for daydreaming in the middle of a sentence, some days, as I look at my teenagers. I imagine their gummy newborn grins, their first books or songs or games, and their tentative first attempts at ice skating, before being snapped back to reality by the maturity of their negotiating skills, their budding opinions of the world—including their reminders that they are more grownups than children—and the topics and decisions that affect them right now.

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