Politics & Policy

June 26, 2014

To raise a child with the freedom of self-expression is to question the status quo, to raise the general anxiety level at any given moment, to have our parenting - and our child's choices - examined even more minutely than they would be otherwise.

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Rev. Eliza Buchakjian-Tweedy

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

June 25, 2014

One day in the early 1950s, my father’s folks loaded their kids into the car and took off down a central Indiana road for a picnic. My dad’s mom sat in the front seat, holding three month old Beverly, in her arms. As they turned a corner, an oncoming car smashed into them, killing baby Beverly...

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Roberta Riley

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy

June 25, 2014

MAJOR VICTORY! MomsRising.org's top policy priorities & members were prominently featured at the The White House Summit on Working Families--and also in their blog recap of Monday's Summit!

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Immigration MomsRising Near You MomsVote Politics & Policy

June 24, 2014

On Sunday, June 29th, my story in the form of the film “Documented” will be told to the nation on CNN. A large part of my story is that I haven’t seen my mother since August 1993.

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Jose Antonio Vargas

Family Economic Security MomsRising Near You Open Flexible Work Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy

June 21, 2014

My mom was sitting across from me at the kitchen table, coloring a kite for me to take the 837 miles from my home in Florida to Washington, DC.

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Meredith Tweed

Politics & Policy

June 17, 2014

When my wife and I became parents, nearly five years ago, we had to talk over many things that most parents will never have to think about.

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Rev. Eliza Buchakjian-Tweedy

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Health Care MomsRising Near You Open Flexible Work Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy

June 16, 2014

With the swipe of a paintbrush or click of a camera, your child can make a difference in the fight to end poverty. Not only that, they have the chance to win exciting prizes, and have their artwork showcased in a national campaign. As part of our mission to build the political and public will to...

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Melissa Boteach

Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy

June 16, 2014

Mark Tyler and I have been talking about the ups and downs of being the at home parent. I asked him to write a post about his experience. After several weeks of writing between bouts of cooking, cleaning, hugging, story- telling, dressing, playing, undressing, bathing, brushing, combing, driving,...

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Valerie Young

Families & The Federal Budget Politics & Policy

June 13, 2014

Here are some of the budget trade-offs we could make to help Millenials attain higher education without burgeoning student loan debt.

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Robin Claremont

Politics & Policy

June 13, 2014

We were sitting around on the living room floor, watching our kids flash by us as they ran in circles around the house. Three moms, brought together only by our children, talking about those kids as one of our few common topics of conversation, as relaxed as the situation will allow. Until one of...

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Rev. Eliza Buchakjian-Tweedy