Politics & Policy

March 27, 2017

We persisted—and it worked! We just won a major health care battle! Help keep this momentum going: GIVE NOW to help us keep the fight to protect health care going strong! https://action.momsrising.org/donate/we_persisted_healthcare/?source=blog The U.S. House just pulled the incredibly destructive...

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Felicia Burnett

Health Care Politics & Policy

March 24, 2017

It’s time to double down to help protect health care for 24 million people. The vote is scheduled to happen within hours. **Can you make a quick call to your U.S. Representative NOW and tell them: Vote “No!” for the American Health Care Act (AHCA) that would strip health care from millions? Use our...

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Felicia Burnett

Health Care Politics & Policy

March 23, 2017

Our voices are making a difference! The U.S. House was scheduled to vote tonight on the hugely harmful American Health Care Act (AHCA), but had to cancel the vote in no small part due to the amount of public outrage about the bill! You are being heard! We can’t let up! We need you to continue to...

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Felicia Burnett

Politics & Policy Podcast

March 23, 2017

It has been reported that the Trump presidency has inspired hundreds of thousands of people to become politically active , as if Americans have been hibernating. In this political climate, one thing has become very evident, President Trump has woken the sleeping bear. Large numbers of voters on...

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Denise Mestanza-Taylor

#KeepMarching

MomsRising Politics & Policy

March 22, 2017

Downloads and recordings of #KeepMarching Telephone Town Hall Meetings. Check back for new resources monthly! MomsRising Conversation on Presidential Accountability, Including the Nuts and Bolts of Impeachment, How Special Counsels and Independent Commissions Work, and More. June 22, 2017 WAV audio...

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Gloria Pan

Childcare & Early Education Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

March 22, 2017

My three year old has been going to full time day care for over one and half year so all topics and issues relating to early childhood education and the teachers who form an integral part of it interest me tremendously. The other day I overheard a child care provider explaining how stressed she was...

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Jehanara Haider

Family Economic Security Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy

March 20, 2017

U.S. Senator Murray and U.S. Representative DeLauro swooped in last week (Super Woman style) with the reintroduction of the Healthy Families Act, national paid sick days legislation, which is a true win-win-win for working families, businesses, and the economy!

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Sara Alcid

Health Care Politics & Policy

March 17, 2017

Yikes. We need you to raise your voice with us now: House Speaker Paul Ryan just released the U.S. House of Representatives “replacement” plan for the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare) and, well, it’s bad. Like, really, really bad. → Sign our open letter to Congress that says: “Keep the...

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Felicia Burnett

Families & The Federal Budget Politics & Policy

March 17, 2017

After the new administration’s first Black History Month event included a general reference to 19th century lion Frederick Douglass as “somebody who’s done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more,” Frederick Douglass’s descendants jumped in with their own clarification.

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Marian Wright Edelman

Food! Politics & Policy

March 16, 2017

The Navajo Nation Preparatory School in Farmington, New Mexico prides itself on the fact that it is the only Navajo-sanctioned, college-preparatory school for Native Americans - a school that serves some of the best and brightest students from the Navajo Nation. Students of the school stay in dorms, necessitated by the fact that the Navajo Nation covers more than 27 thousand square miles and many of the students live hours away from the school. But that necessity has also become an opportunity to work with students to develop an appreciation of and interest in whole health, which works to support the development needs of tribes.

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