Politics & Policy

January 8, 2018

My kids, and their generation, could've saved the world My kids see race, color, and culture, but they know it has no bearing on a person's inherent worth My kids see masculine and feminine, but they aren't hung up on enforcing those qualities according to someone's biology My kids see climate...

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Rae Jesequel

Politics & Policy

January 6, 2018

An open internet is essential to protecting freedoms we hold dear: Our ability to innovate, speak our mind, connect, and hear diverse voices and opinions. All of these freedoms are now at risk. On December 14 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to roll back 2015 rules that require...

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Karen Showalter

Health Care Maternal Justice Politics & Policy

December 27, 2017

Patrisse Khan-Cullors is a Senior Fellow at MomsRising and co-founder of Black Lives Matter. She and Black Lives Matter just received the Sydney Peace Prize for their work. She survived serious complications after childbirth, and has now dedicated her energies to saving mothers’ lives! Can you...

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Patrisse Cullors

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

December 22, 2017

A friend shared a story I love about our mutual friend and mentor Rev. William Sloane Coffin, Jr. some years ago. It was Christmas Eve and the pews at New York City’s Riverside Church were packed. The Christmas pageant was underway and had come to the point at which the innkeeper was to turn away...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Immigration MomsRising Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

December 21, 2017

Meet Elias. He is one of 800,000 Dreamers fighting for their ability to continue with their lives in the United States. Dreamers are young people that were brought to the U.S. as children. Many Dreamers, like Elias, did not know that they were not citizens until they were unable to pursue their...

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Carolina Rubio-MacWright

Immigration Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

December 21, 2017

DREAMers, along with temporary protected status ("TPS") holders, are fighting for a legislative solution that will allow them to continue pursuing their dreams in our nation while also contributing to our economy. TPS is a form of temporary humanitarian relief that Congress established, whereby the...

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Carolina Rubio-MacWright

Families & The Federal Budget Politics & Policy

December 18, 2017

The Sheep and the Goats “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Families & The Federal Budget Health Care Politics & Policy

December 15, 2017

As if our fight to stop the profoundly unjust Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was not enough, we must all work hard to ensure there will be no unfinished business as Congress works to wrap up the Continuing Resolution before December 22nd with all the crucial help children and other vulnerable populations...

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Marian Wright Edelman

MomsVote 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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