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11/10/17

In Tuesday's election, democracy and justice won in many states across our nation, including Florida, Georgia, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Maine, Virginia, Washington State and in cities across the country! We saw huge voter turnout, historic wins for women and people of color, and a...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security MomsRising

11/10/17

Billionaires, millionaires and wealthy corporations win, working families lose . That would be the outcome if the tax plan U.S. Senate Republicans unveiled today is adopted. It’s destructive and flat out immoral to cut taxes for the richest one percent and the wealthiest corporations while gutting...

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Health Care Politics & Policy

11/10/17

Servir en el ejercito de los Estados Unidos, conlleva un gran compromiso y sacrifico. Muchos jóvenes se registran para servir a las fuerzas armadas desde que tienen 18 años, cuando apenas están comenzando a vivir y con su compromiso tambien vienen algunas excelentes recompensas. Yo fui una de esas...

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Meryland Cuevas

Family Economic Security Health Care

11/09/17

It’s November, and you know what that means… Open Enrollment! This year, Open Enrollment is shorter than ever (November 1st to December 15th), so we want to make sure all of your questions are answered. Last week MomsRising hosted a #WellnessWed tweetchat about Open Enrollment and our guests...

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Isabella Higgins

MomsRising MomsVote Politics & Policy

11/09/17

The election results from November 7, 2017, are really exciting - and encouraging for women. In early results, 45 women trained to run for state and local office by VoteRunLead were on the ballot from Kansas to Minnesota to New York! And they’re making history! Thirty-one women who trained with...

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Erin Vilardi

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security

11/09/17

Over one million young children and pregnant women are served by Head Start every year in centers, family homes, and in family childcare homes in urban, suburban, and rural communities throughout the country. Head Start and Early Head Start serve a diverse group of children and families – 38% are...

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Abbie Gately

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food!

11/09/17

There are few things more gut-wrenching for a mother, than having to put your child to bed hungry. This should not be happening in America, yet more than 1 in 6 children live in food insecure households in this country. SNAP Adult Working.jpg Anti-hunger programs like the Supplemental Nutrition...

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Abbie Gately

Breastfeeding Families & The Federal Budget Food!

11/09/17

WIC is a short-term program shown to improve health outcomes in babies, including improving birth weights and reducing infant mortality rates, as well as stronger outcomes for moms in managing weight gain in pregnancy, prolonging breastfeeding duration, and helping moms access breastfeeding support...

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Abbie Gately

Politics & Policy

11/08/17

The day began in a white pantsuit; it ended in a deluge of tears. It’s hard to believe That Tuesday in November fell one year ago. One year, really? For some it feels like yesterday; for others, it seems like … I don’t know, four years already? That beautiful, surreal day – it started with such...

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Rabbi Jaclyn Cohen

Politics & Policy

11/08/17

Things are never as simple as you want them to be , I realized. Today, right now, we need to fight with everything we have to make this broken world better for all Americans, especially those far more vulnerable than you. By November my husband and I had long since decided to move back home to...

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Rabbi Jaclyn Cohen