Politics & Policy

December 13, 2017

Today, the Democratic victory of a senate seat in Alabama is our nation's top news story. Alabama, the most Republican of Republican states, one of the red-est of the red states, turned blue. And, for the first time, many news outlets are giving credit to the demographic responsible for this...

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ShaRhonda Knott Dawson

Health Care Maternal Justice Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy

December 11, 2017

We at MomsRising are excited to share our first Birth & Maternal Health Resource Book with you! It’s for partners, legislators and everyday folks who want to learn more about the problematic state of maternal morbidity/mortality in our nation. The book also serves as an advocacy tool to...

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S. Nadia Hussain

Health Care Politics & Policy

December 11, 2017

November was National Adoption Awareness Month. To raise awareness about adoption in the LGBTQ community, MomsRising partnered with Family Equality Council , Children’s Action Network , and PFLAG to host a tweetchat about adoption by LGBTQ adults. If you missed out on the tweetchat, no worries!...

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Isabella Higgins

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

December 11, 2017

The Coalition on Human Needs just released our latest edition of the Human Needs Report, a regular newsletter on national policy affecting low-income and vulnerable populations. Read on for articles on Congress’s tax cut bill, avoiding a shutdown, disaster aid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, Dreamers, and more.

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Lecia Imbery

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

December 8, 2017

…They have become great and rich; they have grown fat and sleek…. they judge not with justice the cause of the fatherless… and they do not defend the rights of the needy. --Jeremiah 5:27-28 Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Health Care Politics & Policy

December 1, 2017

The United States Congress and Trump Administration are engaged in a morally abominable massacre of the hopes, dreams and basic survival and development needs of millions of babies, children and youths in America – 13.2 million of whom are poor. Many are hungry, homeless, unequally educated, and...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

November 28, 2017

The Senate tax cut bill is the biggest tax scam in history. Read why and what you can do to stop it.

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Lecia Imbery

Family Economic Security MomsRising Near You Politics & Policy

November 27, 2017

Mientras escribo esto, estoy sentada en el sillón, sintiendo todavía una ligera llenura después de una pequeña y tranquila cena el jueves donde no hubo pavo, pero sí hubo macarrones con queso y langosta, coles de Bruselas y un enorme pastel de calabaza, entre otras delicias. La oficina está en...

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Sili Recio

MomsRising Politics & Policy

November 21, 2017

A whopping one-in-four women say they have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace . One-in-three women have experienced some form of sexual violence in her lifetime. Almost 23 million women have been victims of rape or attempted rape in the United States. We believe women. We believe facts...

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MomsRising Near You Politics & Policy

November 21, 2017

The National League of Cities sat down with MomsRising’s #KeepMarchingCircle to discuss how parents can help create change at the local level! Below is the video of this wonderful conversation! As Katie Whitehouse (Principal Associate for Early Childhood Success) and Dawn Schluckebier (Principal...

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