Politics & Policy

October 2, 2014

"It's discriminatory to deny housing to a woman for violence committed against her. To face discrimination, on top of domestic violence, only compounds the injustice," said Gustavo Velasquez, HUD's Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity.

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Anita Sarah Jackson

Family Economic Security MomsVote Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy

October 2, 2014

I was out the other night with some of my colleagues and we were discussing ideas about what could help create a more supportive work culture at our university. The only two women at the table spoke about the need for more family friendly workplaces, specifically the need for paid family leave. We...

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Meredith Tweed

Politics & Policy

September 30, 2014

My name is Stacy Eleczko and I am a teacher. Eight years ago, I moved to North Carolina from Florida because of the progressive direction of education in this state. I also didn’t scoff at the fairly significant raise I got by moving here. Now, teachers in Florida with the same level of experience...

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Stacy Eleczko

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget MomsVote Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy

September 23, 2014

This weekend I will have the privilege to sit with my early childhood education advocate peers in the same room at Cranalieth as Susan B Anthony, Rachel Avery and many other suffragetes when they worked through fighting for a woman's right to vote.

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Mary E. Mannix

Family Economic Security Gun Safety Politics & Policy

September 22, 2014

TERRIFIC BREAKING NEWS! Giant thank you to Alicia Keys for partnering with MomsRising.org & others in a big way for her ‪#‎WeAreHere‬ movement!

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

MomsVote Politics & Policy

September 15, 2014

I am excited to announce we launched VoteRunLead last week, the first online platform for women to learn to run and lead. We are challenging the nation to invite 50,000 women to run by election day on November 4th. If each of us invites three women to run we can exceed our goal. You'll be hearing...

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Erin Vilardi

Childcare & Early Education Environmental Health Food! Politics & Policy

September 15, 2014

September is “back to school” month for most kids in the United States. My daughter is in her last year of preschool, but some of her buddies have moved on to kindergarten. As this momentous transition is just around the corner for her, I’ve been talking to friends and family about what to expect...

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Manel Kappagoda

Politics & Policy

September 15, 2014

We’ve come a long way, ladies. Now it’s time to go farther, faster. With Cosmopolitan.com’s recent announcement that it would increase its political coverage heading into election season and that it would launch #Cosmovotes , an initiative to get more young women to vote and endorse candidates who...

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Erin Vilardi

Politics & Policy

September 9, 2014

Tamika Middleton is a lifelong social justice advocate committed to examining and fighting against racial, gender and economic oppressions. In this post, Tamika writes about black mothers being punished for being poor. Tamika is a Writing Fellow for the Center for Community Change. Tamika Middleton...

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Donna De La Cruz

Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

September 8, 2014

You’ve heard of the Koch Brothers, the ultra-rich, corporate extremists whose deep pockets are flooding election-season airwaves. Too often, their goals are part of a political playbook to drive down wages, cut Social Security and Medicare and secure more corporate tax breaks at the expense of our...

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